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automatic firearm
(redirected from Automatic weapons)

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Noun1.automatic firearm - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is releasedautomatic firearm - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
automatic gun, automatic weapon
autoloader, self-loader - a firearm that reloads itself
automatic pistol, automatic - a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun
machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
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Both sides were using heavy and automatic weapons against each other.
Clashes between two rival groups leave nine dead in Khyber agency by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
AUSTRALIAN police said yesterday that they have thwarted a terrorist plot in which Somali extremists planned to invade a military base and open fire with automatic weapons until they were shot dead themselves.
Australian police say terror plot thwarted by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
A fifth man detained before Tuesday's dawn counter-extremist raids in Melbourne was also expected to be charged over the plan to storm the sprawling Holsworthy barracks with automatic weapons.
Three more charged over Australia terror plot: police by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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