Thesaurus results for SMALL ARM

small arm

noun

as in firearm

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol

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Recent Examples of small arm View gallery - 6 images With a simple switch of a magazine, the Drone Round is claimed to turn a standard NATO caliber small arm into a drone-killing weapon that combines the scattershot of a shotgun with the speed, power and rapid fire of an infantry assault rifle. —

David Szondy april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026 News reports said the helicopters faced small arms fire but made it out safely with the pilot. —

Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 The suspension applies to at least a part of SIG Sauer, a major small arms maker based in Switzerland and Germany. —

Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026 During the past few years, the Houthis have become less reliant on Iran for weapons, smuggling in drone components from Chinese companies and small arms from the Horn of Africa. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for small arm

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Criminal charges are being pursued in connection with the firearm, accessibility of it to a child, and actions taken after the incident.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 24 May 2026
If there are charges, how many firearms were found at the home would not play into the severity of legal consequences the parents might face – only whether, and how, they were secured, according to Kelly Roskam, director of law and policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 May 2026