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assault rifles

assault rifles is the plural of assault rifle.

Meaning of assault rifle

Noun

assault rifle (plural assault rifles)

  1. A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires an intermediate-power cartridge, from a detachable magazine.
    • A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth, page 23
  2. (colloquial) Any firearm meeting the definition of an assault weapon, and in the form of a rifle.

Questions about assault rifles

What is assault rifles the plural of?
Assault rifles is the plural of assault rifle.

Words near assault rifles in the dictionary

  1. assault and battery
  2. assault at arms
  3. assault course
  4. assault courses
  5. assault rifle
  6. assault rifles
  7. assault weapon
  8. assault weapons
  9. assaultable
  10. assaulted
  11. assaultee

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