automatic rifle


noun
  1. a type of light machine gun capable of firing automatically or in single shots.

Origin of automatic rifle

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use automatic rifle in a sentence

  • Across his saddle horn rested a long-barrelled automatic rifle, of latest make and pattern.

  • By its very nature the expedition was composed exclusively of infantry divisions carrying the latest type of automatic rifle.

  • The fact that each of those Boches was armed with an automatic rifle as precise and effective as his own, Butrel ignored.

  • Young Wickson put his hands up first, then turned to confront Biedenbach, who held a thirty-thirty automatic rifle on him.

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