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shotgun: firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

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peashooter collapse

flamethrower collapse: a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards

firearm collapse: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

musket collapse: a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

revolver collapse: a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

blowgun collapse: a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing

blowpipe collapse

repeater collapse: (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"; a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"

gat collapse: a gangster's pistol

pistol collapse: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

heater collapse: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

six shooter collapse

rod collapse: any rod-shaped bacterium; a long thin implement made of metal or wood; visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light

rifle collapse: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"; go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

nestle collapse: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"; lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

honeymoon collapse: a holiday taken by a newly married couple; the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political; spend a holiday after one's marriage; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i"

civil ceremony collapse

nuptials collapse

automatic collapse: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"; like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"; without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

oblige collapse: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"; provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him"

propagation collapse: the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions; the movement of a wave through a medium

gun down collapse: strike down or shoot down

coerce collapse: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

dispersal collapse

banns collapse: a public announcement of a proposed marriage

distribution collapse: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning; the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer; the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume; (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

elopement collapse: the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

broadcasting collapse: taking part in a radio or tv program

insure collapse: take out insurance for

spattering collapse

hymen collapse: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin; (Greek mythology) the god of marriage

espousal collapse

ensure collapse

fend collapse: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

diffraction collapse: when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands

scattering collapse: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby; the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions; a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

shoot down collapse

compel collapse: force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

wedding collapse: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed; a party of people at a wedding

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