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: a weapon for shooting quarrels and stones that consists chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock
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Carey walked into Birds By Joe 2 in Saddle Brook just before 6 p.m. Monday armed with a crossbow and shot the store owner in the face without warning.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
By the time Betty White shot Joel McHale with a crossbow, there were still 23 episodes to go.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately that honor has been passed to Destiny Rising, the mobile game, which has crossbows.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Clifford, who served in the military for about three years starting in 2019, shot himself in the chest with the crossbow, police said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
By the time Betty White shot Joel McHale with a crossbow, there were still 23 episodes to go.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately that honor has been passed to Destiny Rising, the mobile game, which has crossbows.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Clifford, who served in the military for about three years starting in 2019, shot himself in the chest with the crossbow, police said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crossbow
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“Crossbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crossbow. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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crossbow
noun
cross·bow
-ˌbō 
: a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a wooden stock that shoots short arrows
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