assault rifle

Noun

Meaning

any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

assault gun carbine heat piece gun arm automatic armament firearm Garand ar firelock automatic rifle machine pistol light machine gun

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Hypernyms

automatic automatic rifle machine rifle

Examples

People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale. Mikhail Kalashnikov

I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. Joe Manchin

The Assault Rifle can definitely do some damage against zombies, but for that purpose, it is mostly a waste of ammo. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

assault of a sexual nature assault on assault physically assault weapon assault with a deadly weapon assault with a weapon