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rapid-fire

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rap·id-fire (rpd-fr)
adj.
1. Designed to fire shots in rapid succession: a rapid-fire machine gun.
2. Marked by continuous rapid occurrence: rapid-fire questions.
Translations
rapid-fire [ˈræpɪdˌfaɪə] ADJ [gun] → de fuego racheado (fig) → trepidante
a rapid-fire succession of questions → una sucesión trepidante de preguntas


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A dozen times shots grazed the Thuria's side, and as Carthoris could not leave the control levers, Thuvia of Ptarth turned the muzzles of the craft's rapid-fire guns upon the enemy as she clung to the steep and slippery surface of the deck.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The statistics show that 58,640 merchant steamers, equipped with searchlights and rapid-fire guns, were despatched by the various nations to China.
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