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assault rifle
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assault rifle
n.
Any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles designed for individual use in combat.
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Noun1.assault rifle - any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
assault gun
automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"


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com cited unnamed "Border Patrol sources in Tucson" who described the event as "a tense, armed confrontation, with both sides lifting their assault rifles to shoulder height.
Mexican gunmen force National Guard to retreat on border by The New American
Concern that many of these assault rifles might end up in the hands of Colombian rebels or the drug lord armies in the favelas around Rio de Janeiro is well-founded.
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As sheriff's helicopters circled overhead looking for any suspicious people, deputies armed with assault rifles blocked off intersections and examined passing vehicles' back seats while other teams searched through the neighborhood.
SECOND ASSAULT IN 9 DAYS SNIPER TAKES SHOT AT DEPUTIES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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