big gun
Americannoun
noun
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“If the government decides to use big guns and bring back the battleships, I’m not getting involved.”
The images from Maxar Technologies showed muzzle flashes and smoke from the big guns, as well as impact craters and burning homes in the town of Moschun, outside Kyiv, the company said.
From Seattle Times
But plenty of the big guns don’t tee off for a while.
From The Guardian
“They had to see the big guns and I just think, I wasn’t there to console them.”
From Los Angeles Times
Torres said she walked downstairs, looked out a window, and saw a man carrying a "big gun" who began shooting at officers from the door of an apartment.
From Fox News
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