assault rifle
noun
: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire
also
: a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire
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Ten officers with assault rifles blocked the entrance to the bar as more made their way inside.
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Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Instead, what voters are seeing is far more absurd: A video of former President Donald Trump riding a cat while wielding an assault rifle.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2024
The suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, left an AK-47-style assault rifle and other items at the scene and fled in a vehicle but was later arrested.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic assault rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
Instead, what voters are seeing is far more absurd: A video of former President Donald Trump riding a cat while wielding an assault rifle.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2024
The suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, left an AK-47-style assault rifle and other items at the scene and fled in a vehicle but was later arrested.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic assault rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday.
—CBS News, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20rifle. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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