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a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle
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Recent Examples of musket
Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
The original designs of the Central Minuteman, named Marshall, appeared as a white man carrying a musket.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Musk is able to launch these bundles of satellites at a Gatling-gun pace, while his competitors operate at musket speed with rockets that must be rebuilt from scratch each time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
The original designs of the Central Minuteman, named Marshall, appeared as a white man carrying a musket.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Later, Flinders interacted with the First Nations people again, this time giving them his shot belt that included musket balls, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Musk is able to launch these bundles of satellites at a Gatling-gun pace, while his competitors operate at musket speed with rockets that must be rebuilt from scratch each time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musket
Noun
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The flintlock coughed a lot of smoke, but Zutterman heard the 270-grain roundball smack the buck.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 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
Noun
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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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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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Advertisement The Manning brothers' presence as executive producers ensured Chad Powers wasn't just a comedy about rebuilding but a football story rooted in preparation and discipline, down to the accuracy of Powell’s shotgun snaps.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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But the Bears’ mistake log from Sunday in Vegas also included holding fouls against receiver Olamide Zaccheaus and guard Jonah Jackson and a shotgun snap that whistled past Williams’ left hip and resulted in a loss of 19 at a key juncture in the fourth quarter.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 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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This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
5 Aug. 2019
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The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office has charged Hernandez Santana with firing a gun into an inhabited building and assault with a semi-automatic firearm.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fields slept at downtown bus stops, often gathering with groups or pretending to have a firearm in her coat to stay safe.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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New Zealand has strict gun laws, which require an additional permit for possessing pistols specifically.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Police said the investigation uncovered a series of videos, alleged to have been taken in Milpitas by the suspect or an acquaintance, showing a person repeatedly firing an semiautomatic pistol into the air and at a wall.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Musket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musket. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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