submachine gun
noun
sub·ma·chine gun
ˌsəb-mə-ˈshēn-ˌgən 
: a portable automatic firearm that uses pistol-type ammunition and is fired from the shoulder or hip
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Satwant Singh, another bodyguard, fired 30 rounds from his submachine gun.
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Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Of that, roughly $22 million was offensive weapons, including 3,000 portable antitank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, submachine guns, or other fully automatic or semiautomatic firearms.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
When modeling a new product, like a U.S. Navy blue jumpsuit, Mr. McGrath may grab his personal plate carrier filled with magazines and a replica World War II British Sten submachine gun.
—Charles W. McFarlane, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Miami mall attack Investigators linked her to the 1979 submachine gun attack at Dadeland Mall that shocked Miami.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
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Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Of that, roughly $22 million was offensive weapons, including 3,000 portable antitank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, submachine guns, or other fully automatic or semiautomatic firearms.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
When modeling a new product, like a U.S. Navy blue jumpsuit, Mr. McGrath may grab his personal plate carrier filled with magazines and a replica World War II British Sten submachine gun.
—Charles W. McFarlane, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Miami mall attack Investigators linked her to the 1979 submachine gun attack at Dadeland Mall that shocked Miami.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
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submachine gun
noun
sub·ma·chine gun
ˌsəb-mə-ˈshēn-ˌgən
: a lightweight automatic portable firearm
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