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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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Clifford, who served in the military for about three years starting in 2019, shot himself in the chest with the crossbow, police said.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
The class’s signature weapon, a crossbow, can mimic the feel of an assault rifle, a shotgun, a sniper, or a grenade launcher depending on the skills and ammunition type in use.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
If there was ever a time to introduce a new weapon type like a crossbow, this was it.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
And on Christmas Day in 2021, a man appeared at Windsor Castle brandishing a crossbow with plans to assassinate the Queen.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
The class’s signature weapon, a crossbow, can mimic the feel of an assault rifle, a shotgun, a sniper, or a grenade launcher depending on the skills and ammunition type in use.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
If there was ever a time to introduce a new weapon type like a crossbow, this was it.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
And on Christmas Day in 2021, a man appeared at Windsor Castle brandishing a crossbow with plans to assassinate the Queen.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Crossbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crossbow. Accessed 22 Feb. 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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