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AR-15
[ ey-ahr-fif-teen ]
Trademark.
- a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle with a caliber of .223 inches, used for semiautomatic fire. Compare AK-47 ( def ), M16 ( def ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of AR-151
First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of ArmaLite Rifle, not of assault rifle ( def ), as commonly thought
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Example Sentences
Republicans in Oregon are honoring two victims of gun violence by auctioning off an AR-15.
From The Daily Beast
Hoplophobes, for instance, panic, and call 911 at the sight of an AR-15 in a grocery store.
From The Daily Beast
(Alexis, being a nonresident, was blocked from purchasing an AR-15).
From The Daily Beast
He had bought the shotgun only that weekend after deciding against an AR-15 assault rifle because of the waiting period.
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She argued for restricting sales of AR-15 rifles even though the shooter was not armed with that weapon.
From The Daily Beast
Yes, sir; in this followup car we have what is now known as an AR-15.
From Project Gutenberg
There is an AR-15, which is an automatic rifle, and a shotgun.
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