speargun

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Recent Examples of speargun There is one delightful sequence where a fire ax, giant fishhook and speargun come into play on a gangway. Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Dakota, who is paddling toward her in a boat, then uses a speargun to help fight off the sharks. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 Fish and wildlife police are looking for the culprit who shot an American crocodile with a speargun in the Florida Keys over the weekend. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 When Ray attacks Julie, Ava shoots him through the back with his speargun, killing him. Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 July 2025 That afternoon, Mariottini went diving, hunting for amberjacks and sea bream with his speargun. Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 12 July 2025 Because the fish can both hear noise and feel vibrations, divers must take care not to, say, bump their speargun on the bottom while listening for croaks. Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025 This means that Hara had to catch the fish in 60-degree water with all her gear — a 10-pound weight belt, snorkel, fins and 2-pound EduSub speargun. Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022 The hope is that a robust consumer market will incentivize lionfish hunting, and that humans with spearguns will become the predators that invasive lionfish need. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speargun
Noun
  • Bum-seok, Sung-ae, and Sung-ki do find a shambolic Hawksian unity, after a fashion; Sung-ae, in particular, has only to step out of a car with a military-grade rifle to elicit spontaneous applause.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Corle managed to get partly turned and jammed the rifle into the sow’s thick brown fur.
    Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In the second quarter, the Eagles fielded three wide receivers on a third-and-2 shotgun play in which Saquon Barkley broke a 42-yard run on an inside-zone scheme.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Lamb said the store had been selling everything from shotgun shells to rifle cartridges.
    Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As the two men fought, Ortega struck the victim in the head multiple times with a pistol and then shot him in the leg, according to the release.
    Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • According to the criminal complaint, police found an imitation pistol in the suspect’s bag.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The ink came from the buds of oak leaves, swollen to the size of musket balls by the eggs of wasps.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The alleged texts between the boys, who attended Switzerland Point Middle School, contained information about building a shotgun and musket, as well as obtaining zip ties, per the arrest report.
    James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
    Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.
    Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
    Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Noun
  • Agents also seized a semiautomatic handgun and $11,800 in cash, the outlet reported.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors alleged in the criminal complaint that Douglas used a 9mm handgun to kill Craig.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • To put that in perspective, when Beretta started making arquebus barrels, Michelangelo was still working in Rome.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Speargun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speargun. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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