variants
or arquebus
as in musket
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Noun
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On April 19, 1775, the crack of a musket marked the first official command for colonists to fire upon the red-coated army of Britain’s King George III.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025 -
Depictions of Warren tend to show him in military uniform, with a sword or a musket.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
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Earlier this month, while testing shotguns for our annual shotgun test, the crew and I got the chance to experiment with Caldwell’s new Claycopter Launcher.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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Democracy and human rights have served as the moral lubricant for riding shotgun on costly U.S.-led geopolitical adventures.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 2025
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The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.—
Alexis Soloski,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Many shared frustrations with blunderbuss antitrust enforcement, foot-dragging on Medicare approvals for life-saving drugs, regulation by litigation, or red tape.—
Sam Liccardo,
Mercury News,
15 July 2025
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And with the Trump administration taking a blunderbuss to anything that remotely resembles DEI, the mood across the entertainment industries is generally apprehensive.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Carrying personal firearms on base is typically prohibited by military regulations.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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In April, Mangione was indicted on two counts of stalking, a firearms offense, and murder via use of a firearm.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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What had happened, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, was that a man named Jalen Welch, 25, walked into the argument holding a pistol in a threatening manner and approached the shooter, described as a man from Oak Park.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The nephew had fallen asleep on the couch and was awakened by a man holding a pistol.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Radford has been stationed at Fort Stewart since 2022, and the weapon used was his own handgun, according to Army officials.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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Personal handgun used in shooting Radford used a personal handgun – not a military weapon – in the shooting, Lubas said.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Harquebus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harquebus. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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