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Recent Examples of speargun
When Ray attacks Julie, Ava shoots him through the back with his speargun, killing him.
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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
Biannual speargun fishing competitions held at the San Marcos River, as well as almost weekly diving expeditions by the Texas A&M research team, are working to pluck the pesky Plecos out of the river each year by the thousands.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 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
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
Biannual speargun fishing competitions held at the San Marcos River, as well as almost weekly diving expeditions by the Texas A&M research team, are working to pluck the pesky Plecos out of the river each year by the thousands.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 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
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Some of the rifle ammunition was tipped for maximum ballistic impact, authorities noted.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Military man jailed in NC Inside Manchester’s Pontiac rental, police found a rifle bought off the street, his roof-carving tools and a North Carolina road map.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement The Manning brothers' presence as executive producers ensured Chad Powers wasn't just a comedy about rebuilding but a football story rooted in preparation and discipline, down to the accuracy of Powell’s shotgun snaps.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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But the Bears’ mistake log from Sunday in Vegas also included holding fouls against receiver Olamide Zaccheaus and guard Jonah Jackson and a shotgun snap that whistled past Williams’ left hip and resulted in a loss of 19 at a key juncture in the fourth quarter.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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New Zealand has strict gun laws, which require an additional permit for possessing pistols specifically.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Police said the investigation uncovered a series of videos, alleged to have been taken in Milpitas by the suspect or an acquaintance, showing a person repeatedly firing an semiautomatic pistol into the air and at a wall.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lastly, players have ranged weapons such as the fast firing bow called the Hankyu, long ranged Yumi, bombs and Tangeshima, or musket.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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The framers of the U.S. Constitution lived in an age of muskets and messengers, when war moved slowly and left time for Congress and the president to confer.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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And with the Trump administration taking a blunderbuss to anything that remotely resembles DEI, the mood across the entertainment industries is generally apprehensive.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Noun
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The flintlock coughed a lot of smoke, but Zutterman heard the 270-grain roundball smack the buck.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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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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Officers used less lethal tools, but shot him with a firearm after Garcia produced a handgun.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Also in the video, Renye said, is a member of the church congregation running in the same direction as the officers with a handgun but Renye said the member did not fire his weapon.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Speargun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speargun. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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