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noun

Definition of machine gun

as in machine pistol

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Noun

Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent. — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 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

Verb

As seen in a recent action in Kupiansk, machine-gun robots can provide suppressive fire so the others can get through. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Iranian speed boats raking ships with machine-gun fire in the Strait of Hormuz. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for machine gun

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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

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

After Israel destroyed Jenin refugee camp during the Second Intifada in 2002, a young girl looked into Mohammad Bakri’s camera and said that Palestinians would live proudly as eagles and die standing like lions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
That’s because key refineries that produce it have been knocked offline or destroyed, both in Eastern Europe — where the Ukraine-Russia war still rages — and in the Middle East.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of destroy

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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

In January 2025, an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
This is, quite frankly, baloney — who’s to say the Manhunter didn’t kill and take the form of someone already living in the town?

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

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