AK-47
noun
: a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire
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These are people who woke up one Saturday morning and were soon dodging bullets and grenades, cradling the dead bodies of their husbands and daughters, kneeling before AK-47s and begging to be spared.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
It's believed two gunmen using two separate weapons killed the half-dozen hostages.
AK-47 magazines and shell casings were found nearby, Israeli officials said.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
The shots were later determined to have been fired by Secret Service agents at a man who was carrying an AK-47 in what the FBI said appears to have been an assassination attempt.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024
Prosecutor: 'An AK-47 is a serious weapon' The prosecutor said Buitimea and Ramirez had been in the U.S. looking for work.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
It's believed two gunmen using two separate weapons killed the half-dozen hostages.
AK-47 magazines and shell casings were found nearby, Israeli officials said.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
The shots were later determined to have been fired by Secret Service agents at a man who was carrying an AK-47 in what the FBI said appears to have been an assassination attempt.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024
Prosecutor: 'An AK-47 is a serious weapon' The prosecutor said Buitimea and Ramirez had been in the U.S. looking for work.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AK-47. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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