submachine gun

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Recent Examples of submachine gun Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents. Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy. Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025 Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025 Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun. Maggie Lange, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for submachine gun
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submachine gun
Noun
  • The 27-year-old founder of a Sikh motorcycle club that prosecutors say was linked to the notorious Hells Angels has been sentenced for illegally dealing in firearms and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • The Coast Guard released a video showing a helicopter gunner using a machine gun to shoot in front of the smuggling boat, then a sniper rifle to disable the engines.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
    Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
    MIKE CORDER, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • About a mile and a half away from the shooting, police were seen investigating an SUV near 44th Street and Wolcott Avenue, where an AK-47-style assault rifle was lying on the ground nearby.
    Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • There’s an encased AK-47 and a grenade in another area; in the magazine of the assault rifle, which is wrapped in $1 bills, are items humans kill for, such as cocaine, diamonds, and gold.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
  • After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.
    Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a separate case, prosecutors charged Lee with four counts of possessing an assault weapon.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • Lee was charged with murder and four counts of possession of an assault weapon.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026

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“Submachine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submachine%20gun. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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