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Synonyms of machine gun
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in assault weapon, assault rifle
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for machine gun
- AK-47,
- assault rifle,
- assault weapon,
- automatic,
- carbine,
- machine pistol,
- repeater,
- submachine gun,
- tommy gun
- blunderbuss,
- breechloader,
- culverin,
- fieldpiece,
- firelock,
- flintlock,
- harquebus
- (or arquebus),
- matchlock,
- musket,
- rifle,
- shotgun,
- smoothbore,
- twenty-two
- (or .22)
machine-gun
verbSynonyms of machine-gun (Entry 2 of 2)
as in tommy-gun
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for machine-gun
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The first known use of machine gun was in 1867
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