small arm

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Recent Examples of small arm According to a May 2025 report from the German government, this aid includes equipment and weapons such as air defense systems, combat vehicles, artillery systems, armored transport vehicles, small arms, and ammunition, as well as other types of support, including medical supplies and clothing. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 In total, 43 people were killed and more than 300,000 displaced by a five-day conflict that started with small arms fire and quickly escalated into heavy artillery and rocket fire, then Thailand’s deployment hours later of an F-16 fighter jet for airstrikes. CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025 Cambodian troops recorded themselves shooting down one such quadcopter drone with small arms fire. Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Other buyers in Asia such as Bangladesh and Myanmar have acquired armored vehicles, trainer aircraft, and small arms. Amir Daftari john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for small arm
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Noun
  • Speaking on Fox & Friends, Patel said forensic teams identified Robinson's DNA on both a screwdriver and a towel wrapped around the firearm believed to have been used in the fatal shooting.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • One reason is that the availability of increasingly lethal firearms continues to grow dramatically.
    John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But unlike in past deadly episodes of gun violence, the leaders were silent on calling for any gun control measures.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Small arm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/small%20arm. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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