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scatter-gun

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scatter-gun
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a shotgun
Translations
scatter-gun
n → Schrotflinte f
adj (fig) approach → auf breiter Ebene, breit gefächert
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