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Recent Examples of smoothbore
This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoothbore
Noun
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Instead of killing him, the musket ball to the back paralyzed Captain Cunningham from the waist down.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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This clandestine supply chain eventually provided thousands of muskets, field artillery and millions of pounds of gunpowder that made possible the 1777 victory at Saratoga and France’s subsequent formal alliance.—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Not only does the scattershot of the multi-projectiles greatly increase the chances of hitting a drone, the NATO standard cartridge delivers a much heavier punch that is twice that of a shotgun, so one tiny bit of shot can be devastating.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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Instead, all three firefighters were shot with a 12-gauge shotgun at close range.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 Jan. 2026
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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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The Ottomans deployed field artillery and Janissary infantry armed with matchlocks in a defensive formation called tabur jangi, in which carts and wagons were used to build barricades on the battlefield.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The birth of ‘gunpowder warfare’ can be traced back to the 15th century and the invention of the matchlock gun, the first mechanical firing device.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.—
Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 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
Noun
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To put that in perspective, when Beretta started making arquebus barrels, Michelangelo was still working in Rome.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During the fight, a firearm was discharged.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Bordelon said Elkins had been arrested in 2019 in a firearms case.—
Gerald Herbert,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Smoothbore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoothbore. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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