small arms
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Majungasaurus, for example, had a heavily built skull and extremely small arms despite weighing only about 1.6 tons, roughly one fifth the weight of T. rex.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
A 2023 small arms survey suggested that only around 3.4% of Ukrainian adults owned their own gun.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Hints in open-source material suggest pilots learn martial-arts style kicks and that they carry small arms, and that they are trained in rules of engagement consistent with the Geneva Convention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The CIA has been supplying some Kurdish militias with small arms.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
Reaching for the cup, she wrapped her small arms around it.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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