Thesaurus results for SPEARGUN

speargun

noun

as in rifle

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Recent Examples of speargun Siberio dove into the ocean with his speargun, hunting for three hours before deciding to head home. —

Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 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 As in the story, Domino shoots Largo with a speargun. —

John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 The fish don’t typically try to swim away quickly when humans approach them, and some can even be caught with a diver’s bare hands, although they’re most often caught with a standard handheld net or a speargun. —

Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022

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Noun

Elkins was using a rifle during the incident, Shreveport Police Cpl.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
One neighbor who attended the meeting told the board that a man who lived at the lot had been walking up and down the wash with what appeared to be an AR-15 and a crack pipe in his mouth, pointing the rifle at the homes.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026