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rifle

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1. rifle - Noun

2. rifle - Verb

Meaning

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

To strip; to rob; to pillage.

To raffle.

To commit robbery.

A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

A body of soldiers armed with rifles.

A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners Source: Internet

Who rifled through my desk drawers? Source: Internet

he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired Source: Internet

A bump die can be a very useful tool to anyone who owns a fine shooting rifle with a chamber that is cut to minimum headspace dimensions, as the die allows the case to be fitted to this unique chamber. citation Another die is the "hand die". Source: Internet

A 1989 listing of forces shows two Czechoslovak armies in the west, the 1st at Příbram with one tank division and three motor rifle divisions, the 4th at Písek with two tank divisions and two motor rifle divisions. Source: Internet

A competition was held in 1892, comparing 53 rifle designs including Lee, Krag, Mannlicher, Mauser, and Schmidt–Rubin. Source: Internet

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