Kalashnikov

//kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a type of submachine gun made in Russia wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A particular model of Russian assault rifle.

    "A Cameroonian soldier lies in a trench, the tip of his Kalashnikov rifle pointing toward the Nigerian town of Gambaru, which has been taken over by Boko Haram terrorists."

  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

    "As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling."

Synonyms

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ak 47ak-47

Example

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"Firing volleys into the air from Kalashnikov rifles and heavy weapons outside a government facility, a mob of angry soldiers trapped the nation's defense minister and other officials inside the building until late Saturday evening."

Etymology

Named after Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), from Russian Кала́шников (Kalášnikov).

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