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
The CIA has been supplying some Kurdish militias with small arms.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
Israel is a world leader in surveillance technology, drones, small arms and other products of great use to a resource-strapped government that oversees a vast and largely uninhabited territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
However, the Taliban have been able to utilise more straightforward equipment, like Humvees and small arms, in their operations.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
She was hugging me so tight her small arms felt like steel bands around my neck.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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