M-14

American

[em-fawr-teen, -fohr-] / ˈɛmˌfɔrˈtin, -ˌfoʊr- /

noun

a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.

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M-14's

plural

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M-14

The M-14 is still more than 80km away.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023

We qualified on the M-14, and then the M-16 came along and we qualified on it, too.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2021

A Los Angeles County Fire Department hazardous materials team and sheriff’s deputies responded to the office in the 1000 block of West Avenue M-14 in Palmdale just after noon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2019

Further investigation has since revealed that the cells are nearly identical to another cell line in the NCI-60, a melanoma cell line called M-14.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2017

When the supply sergeant issued him his M-14 rifle, Jed carried it back to the barracks like a young bridegroom carrying his beloved across their first threshold.

From Sonny by Rick Raphael

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