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Recent Examples of culverin
Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.
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Fox News, 5 Aug. 2019
Fox News, 5 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culverin
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Eventually Claire is able to remove the second musket ball, and Lord John happily announces the news to William and Rachel, who are waiting in the parlor.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Nov. 2024
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The one fatality among the troops was a Union officer who was downed by a musket shot through the thigh, according to a Texas Historical Marker at the site.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
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The first Menendez brothers trial for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty resulted in a hung jury.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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After three straight drives in the second half without a first down, the Packers reeled off three in a row to start their next drive but still didn’t score on it after a shotgun run to Jacobs was stuffed well short on fourth and 2 from Seattle’s 39-yard line.Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
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Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
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My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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Hirschfield was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and use of a firearm with an enhancement of use of a deadly weapon.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Linares: Charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, transporting firearms interstate and false statement re-acquisition of firearms, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024
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Altoona police found the polymer pistol affixed with a metal slide and threaded barrel in Mangione’s backpack, according to the criminal complaint.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The pistol was loaded with a Glock magazine containing six nine-millimeter full metal jacket rounds.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Culverin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culverin. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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