Meaning of assault rifle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires a shortened rifle caliber round or lower-power smaller-calibre round, from a high-capacity magazine.
2. Any firearm meeting the definition of an assault weapon, and in the form of a rifle.
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Examples

“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.”

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