assault weapon

American  

noun

1. any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use.

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Example Sentences

“The criminal complaint made a lot of allegations that our client rammed them. There were all these reports that our client had an assault weapon or was a domestic terrorist,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office released on its Facebook page two photos of a bearded, middle-aged White man walking into an establishment with an assault weapon raised to his shoulder.

From Washington Times

Mean Arms deceptively advertised that installing a device that locks a magazine on an assault weapon makes it legal under New York law, the lawsuit alleges.

From Seattle Times

Furthermore, for uniformity, we also chose to use the strict federal definition of an assault weapon – which may not include the entire spectrum of what many people may now consider to be assault weapons.

From Salon

Opponents dance around vocabulary, complaining that the term assault weapon is “fearmongering,” even though these weapons were explicitly designed to kill.

From Seattle Times