minute gun

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minute gun [ˈmɪnɪt]

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a sign of distress or mourning

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minute gun - (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

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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