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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Six men, some wearing hoodies, others carrying pistols and another carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, walked up the stairs of an apartment building.
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Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
No one does high-performance yelling like Saldana; no one looks better with wraparound shades and an assault rifle.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
But exactly how the shooter managed to clamber onto a rooftop with an AR-style assault rifle less than 200 yards from Trump and fire off eight shots at the then-presumptive Republican presidential nominee sparked multiple investigations into the Secret Service and its preparations for the event.
—Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after allegedly pushing the muzzle of an assault rifle through a chain-link fence near former President Donald Trump's golf course, where the former president was playing the fifth hole.
—Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
No one does high-performance yelling like Saldana; no one looks better with wraparound shades and an assault rifle.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
But exactly how the shooter managed to clamber onto a rooftop with an AR-style assault rifle less than 200 yards from Trump and fire off eight shots at the then-presumptive Republican presidential nominee sparked multiple investigations into the Secret Service and its preparations for the event.
—Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after allegedly pushing the muzzle of an assault rifle through a chain-link fence near former President Donald Trump's golf course, where the former president was playing the fifth hole.
—Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20rifle. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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