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Recent Examples of assault rifle
He was arrested after a loaded AK-47 assault rifle was found in his backseat.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2019, a twenty-one-year-old from a small town outside Dallas had travelled to a Walmart in El Paso and opened fire with a semi-automatic assault rifle, killing twenty-three shoppers.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The 24-year-old was hanging out with a fellow fighter, Abu Hamza, 25, in the central park of the city of Hama, lending his assault rifle to local youths to pose with it for photographs.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The suspect was killed after allegedly opening fire on police officers with an assault rifle.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
In 2019, a twenty-one-year-old from a small town outside Dallas had travelled to a Walmart in El Paso and opened fire with a semi-automatic assault rifle, killing twenty-three shoppers.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The 24-year-old was hanging out with a fellow fighter, Abu Hamza, 25, in the central park of the city of Hama, lending his assault rifle to local youths to pose with it for photographs.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The suspect was killed after allegedly opening fire on police officers with an assault rifle.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
Noun
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He was booked on charges including possession of an assault weapon, manufacturing guns with a 3D printer and possession of a silencer, according to police.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Diaz’s associates reportedly then took the weapons, including assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and sold them throughout Connecticut.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2025
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No one needs a gun with the rapid firing capacity of a machine gun or a magazine holding 20 or more rounds for purposes of self-defense.—
John Schmidt,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The shootings, one of which involved a machine gun, were carried out by Peña and co-defendants Demetrio Trujillo, 43, and his son, Jose Trujillo, 24, according to federal prosecutors.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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They were being led to the Danube by teenagers with rifles.—
Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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During a search of DeFelice’s residence on Feb. 17, 2022, investigators reportedly seized two short barrel rifles, 67 other firearms, a silencer with no serial number, more than 28 high-capacity magazines and other firearm parts, according to court records.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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