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noun

Definition of machine gunnext
as in machine pistol

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machine-gun

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verb

as in to tommy-gun

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Recent Examples of machine gun
Noun
Nadal was later discharged from the hospital on Friday afternoon and booked on charges of unlawful discharge of a firearm, possession of a high-capacity magazine, use of a machine gun in a violent crime and carrying a pistol without a permit. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 The indictment charging Bhagwanpuria also details members of the organized crime group selling semiautomatic rifles, a machine gun and pistols in parking lots across Southern California. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Verb
Iranian speed boats raking ships with machine-gun fire in the Strait of Hormuz. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 Senior Lieutenant Ivan Kavun, the commander of a machine-gun platoon in the 30th Mechanized Brigade, spent 486 days in a frontline deployment, according to his unit. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for machine gun
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine gun
  1. machine pistol
  2. tommy-gun
  3. submachine gun
  4. shotgun
  5. tommy gun
  6. destroy
  7. assault rifle
  8. kill
Noun
  • One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
    — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Definition of machine pistol
Verb
  • His tommy-gun dialogue, much of it laced with withering invective and punctuated with profanity, started a shift in the language of both theater and movies in this country.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
Definition of tommy-gun
Noun
  • On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of submachine gun
Verb
  • There have been sets with three tight ends, formations that start under center and some that use formation shifts to move from a single-back set to shotgun.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of tommy gun
Verb
  • The Inwood Fire Department said dozens of cabanas were damaged or destroyed at the Sun and Surf Beach Club in Atlantic Beach.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In Solomianskyi district, the top two floors of a 9-story residential building were destroyed and fires broke out on other floors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of destroy
Noun
  • Colin Gray, the father who gifted his teen son the assault rifle used in the deadly mass shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
    — Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Colin Gray, 55, admitted to providing the assault rifle used by his then-14-year-old son in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, which killed two students and two teachers.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of assault rifle
Verb
  • Last week, prosecutors attempted to use electronic materials to lay out their theory that Clancy premeditated killing her three children.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Police have said that’s exactly what Fernandez Saldana tried to do in hiring a man to shoot and kill Bridegan.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
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