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Semi-Automatic

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
  2. A semi-automatic transmission.

Equivalents

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Examples

“The Los Angeles ordinance covers semi-automatics with a detachable magazine of 20 rounds or more. As examples, it cited such weapons as the AR 15 assault rifles, Uzi assault rifles and carbines, Ingram Mac-10 and Mac-11 assault carbines, AK-47 assault rifles, Thompson carbines and all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

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