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
But for the next 30 hours he treated 200 wounded men all while under intense small arms and artillery fire before collapsing from his injuries and blood loss, according to accounts of his service.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Reaching for the cup, she wrapped her small arms around it.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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