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rocket gun

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noun
any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.
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Origin of rocket gun

First recorded in 1880–85
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How to use rocket gun in a sentence

  • They carried circular shields, about three feet in diameter, with a vision slit and a small rocket gun.

    The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
  • In the apex of the affair, above his head, was a small turret, containing an automatic rocket gun.

    The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
  • At last, when for a fraction of a second my nose pointed toward the Hans, I pressed the button of my rocket gun.

    The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
  • He learned how to operate the heavy-caliber rocket gun which hurled this tiniest of atomic bombs.

    The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim
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