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small arms

British  

plural noun

  1. portable firearms of relatively small calibre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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