semiautomatics

Definition of semiautomaticsnext
plural of semiautomatic

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Noun
  • Oakland Police Department The searches also yielded six dirt bikes, one vehicle, two semiautomatic pistols and an assault rifle.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Seeking to strengthen the state’s gun laws, a key legislative committee voted Tuesday to ban pistols that can be converted easily into automatic machine guns.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Tisch said since Janury, police have seized more than 1,000 guns across all five boroughs, including 300 in Brooklyn alone.
    Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the Prairieland defendants reportedly eschewed guns.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mutch, who was convicted of killing a 13-year-old girl in 1975, is barred from having firearms.
    Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In the Senate, lawmakers today already passed bills regulating the 3D printing of firearms and renaming César Chávez Day for farmworkers.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Ronald White of Milton, dressed in colonial attire, stood among a line of reenactors firing replica muskets in the church’s graveyard following the service and said the anniversary carries personal meaning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Then the French started to standardize their muskets.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Semiautomatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautomatics. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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