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Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
After drinking alcohol with his colleagues, the accused took a machine gun and went to the command dugout, knocked on the door, and started shooting at patrolmen, killing a junior sergeant.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Noun
One firearm carried a machine gun conversion device, commonly called a Glock Switch.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
After drinking alcohol with his colleagues, the accused took a machine gun and went to the command dugout, knocked on the door, and started shooting at patrolmen, killing a junior sergeant.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
As someone who grew up in the Dodgers’ family and now can’t stand the sight of them, who wants to beat them as Buddy Rich might machine-gun his snare drum.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine gun
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 Nov. 2024
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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State special agents and the Roseville Police SWAT team raided Berman’s home on Nov. 12, seizing eight assault rifles and a silencer, Bonta said in a news release.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Feb. 2025
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One of the ghost guns was an AR-15-style assault rifle, and two additional AR-15-style assault weapons were also recovered, prosecutors said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni countersued, accusing Lively, Reynolds and Sloane of seeking to destroy his career.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Prominent right-wing Israeli politicians called to destroy Israel's enemies in response.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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The law prohibits the sale, manufacture, possession and purchase of assault-style weapons, assault weapon attachments and .50 caliber cartridges in the state of Illinois.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Amy Coney Barrett Sparks MAGA Fury Over Trump Sentencing Decision For instance, banning assault weapons might reduce casualties in mass shootings directly involving firearms.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Over the last four years, the flooding in Eastern Kentucky has killed more than 50 people.—
Tricia Fulks Kelley,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The district office at the Folsom Cordova Unified School District went on lockdown Friday after school officials noticed a person holding what appeared to be a rifle, but the lockdown was lifted after law enforcement found no evidence of a crime, authorities said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Machine gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine%20gun. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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