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UK
/sˌɛmɪˌɔːtəmˈætɪk/
]
[ US /ˌsɛmaɪˌɔtəˈmætɪk, ˌsɛmiˌɔtəˈmætɪk, ˌsɛmɪˌɔtəˈmætɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌsɛmaɪˌɔtəˈmætɪk, ˌsɛmiˌɔtəˈmætɪk, ˌsɛmɪˌɔtəˈmætɪk/ ]
NOUN
- a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously
ADJECTIVE
-
(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
an autoloading rifle - partially automatic
How To Use semiautomatic In A Sentence
- Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox.
- The objective was to provide .270 ballistics in a cartridge short enough to function in the Winchester M88 lever-action and M100 semiautomatic rifles.
- As any gunsmith or S&W armorer can attest, these guns - like any semiautomatic pistol - require lubrication of their long bearing surfaces or they may be unable to cycle as designed.
- In addition, an AR-IS semiautomatic rifle with an obliterated serial number was found abandoned on the riverbank.
- The features of manual downhill welding, semiautomatic welding, automatic welding and other welding technologies like butt flash welding and laser beam welding (LEW) and so on are analyzed.
- Make the manufacture of handguns, automatics and certain semiautomatics and their corresponding ammunition illegal.
- The U.S. rifle caliber .30, M1, (fig. 1) is an air-cooled, gas-operated, clip-fed, and semiautomatic shoulder weapon. FM 23-5: Chapter 1. - INTRODUCTION
- She said he did not have a permit for any of the weapons he was carrying: a semiautomatic assault rifle, a 12 - gauge shotgun and a pistol.
- Large-caliber firearms, semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles are forbidden to civilians altogether.
- An example of semiautomatic protocol implementation based on Estelle is given.
