gas-operated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gas-operated
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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But Mark Collins, director of federal policy at Brady, the gun violence prevention organization, said this new approach, focused on the gas-operated mechanism and the nondetachable magazine, is unique.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu said Moldovan state power company Energocom has signed a deal for December with the gas-operated Kuciurgan electricity plant in Transnistria.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
While Colt still holds the trademark, “AR-15” has become a ubiquitous term for a popular style of gas-operated, magazine-fed semiautomatic rifles.
From Washington Post
It is ten pounds lighter and five inches shorter than the old army pattern Lewis gun, is gas-operated and air-cooled.
From Time Magazine Archive
As PFCs or Spec 4s, most of them were common grunts and carried the standard M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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