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noun

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

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Also called automatic, machine rifle.

Origin of automatic rifle

First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use automatic rifle in a sentence

They pointed their automatic rifles at the occupants, ordering everyone out.
What Afghanistan’s Women Stand to Lose|Amie Ferris-Rotman|August 20, 2021|Time
Minutes later, prosecutors allege, Carrillo ambushed three deputy sheriffs, opening fire with a silenced automatic rifle and hurling a homemade pipe bomb from a concealed position on a steep embankment some 40 feet from the deputies.
“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War|by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program|April 13, 2021|ProPublica
By then the S-75 had earned a reputation similar to that of the ubiquitous AK-47 automatic rifle, designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Russia’s Missiles Stung the World Long Before MH17|Clive Irving|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Authorities also found a shotgun and an unregistered AK-47 automatic rifle in the home.
Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He was eventually made corporal of an automatic-rifle squad.
Average Americans|Theodore Roosevelt
Across his saddle horn rested a long-barrelled automatic rifle, of latest make and pattern.
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras|Marvin West
By its very nature the expedition was composed exclusively of infantry divisions carrying the latest type of automatic rifle.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore
The fact that each of those Boches was armed with an automatic rifle as precise and effective as his own, Butrel ignored.
'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914|Maurice Genevoix
Young Wickson put his hands up first, then turned to confront Biedenbach, who held a thirty-thirty automatic rifle on him.
The Iron Heel|Jack London