Machine gun

/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/

Synonyms for "machine gun" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

ceaseless constant continual gun incessant

Noun(1 words)

gatling

Strong matches (7)

perennial perpetual pulsating rapid regular repeatedsix shooter

Related words (13)

staccato steady stuttering sustained unbroken unceasing unchanging unintermittent uninterrupted unremitting unstopped unvarying vibrating

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4 entries

automatic firearmautomatic gunautomatic weapongun

Sample sentences

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I'm gonna get you, baby / Like a machine gun, I'm gonna… Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak

Source: wiktionary

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

Source: wiktionary

Brigadier John K. Lawson's bunker on the west side of Wong Nai Chung Gap that the West Brigade used as headquarters. Brigadier Lawson and three of his men were hit by machine-gun fire escaping from the bunker on Dec. 19, 1941.

Source: wiktionary

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