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fire arm

fire arm is the alternative form of firearm.

Meaning of firearm

Noun

firearm (plural firearms)

  1. A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.
    • David was arrested for illegal possession of firearms.
    Synonyms:
    gat, gun, iron, piece

Forms of fire arm

pluralfire arms

Questions about fire arm

What is fire arm the alternative form of?
Fire arm is the alternative form of firearm.

Words near fire arm in the dictionary

  1. fire and forget
  2. fire ant
  3. fire ants
  4. fire appliance
  5. fire appliances
  6. fire arm
  7. fire arms
  8. fire arrow
  9. fire arrows
  10. fire at will
  11. fire away

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fire arm (page history and authors); firearm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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