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arrows

British  
/ ˈærəʊz /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) an informal name for darts

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The film contains more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots, ranging from flaming arrows and flamethrowers to massive explosions and fire tornadoes.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere in the suburbs at the Akrams’ family home, police would find a homemade wooden firearm, a longbow with 12 arrows, and a copy of the Quran with passages highlighted, again unspecified.

From The Wall Street Journal

An early TV commercial for Apple Daily featured the then 48-year-old Lai biting the forbidden fruit while dozens of arrows took aim at him.

From BBC

A map of the routes with arrows arching across the country gave the operation its arachnid moniker.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most hold bows and arrows, but a select few wield akrafenas like my own.

From Literature