ASSAULT RIFLE

Meaning of ASSAULT RIFLE in English

1. a military rifle capable of both automatic and semiautomatic fire, utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge.

2. a nonmilitary weapon modeled on the military assault rifle, usu. modified to allow only semiautomatic fire.

[ 1970-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ASSAULT RIFLE — noun Date: 1972 any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASSAULT RIFLE — Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between …
Английский словарь Британика
ASSAULT RIFLE — noun Etymology: translation of German sturmgewehr : any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSAULT RIFLE — semi-automatic rifle, rifle used by infantry
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ASSAULT RIFLE — Date: 1972 : any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASSAULT RIFLE — Function: noun Date: 1972 : any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ASSAULT RIFLE — ■ noun a lightweight rifle which may be set to fire automatically or semi-automatically.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ASSAULT RIFLE — [assault rifle] n (1975): any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles designed for military use with large capacity magazines
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASSAULT RIFLE
Britannica English vocabulary
ASSAULT RIFLE — Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASSAULT RIFLE — Автомат
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ASSAULT RIFLE — полуавтоматическая винтовка, используемая в пехотных войсках
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ASSAULT RIFLE — полуавтоматическая винтовка, используемая в пехотных войсках
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ASSAULT RIFLE — полуавтоматическая винтовка, используемая в пехотных войсках
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
ASSAULT RIFLE — полуавтоматическая винтовка, используемая в пехотных войсках
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
RIFLE — I Firearm whose barrel is rifled (i.e., has spiral grooves cut inside it to give a spin to the projectile). …
Английский словарь Британика
ASSAULT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) assault and battery assault rifle Sturmabteilung German: Assault Division
Английский словарь Британика
RIFLE — I. ˈrīfəl verb ( rifled ; rifled ; rifling -f(ə)liŋ ; rifles ) Etymology: Middle English riflen, from Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASSAULT — I. əˈsȯlt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Old French asaut, assaut, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin assaltus, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIFLE — (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or …
Английский словарь Webster
RIFLE — ( v. t. ) To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFLE — ( v. t. ) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFLE — rifle 1 /ruy"feuhl/ , n. , v. , rifled, rifling . n. 1. a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSAULT — — assaultable , adj. — assaulter , n. /euh sawlt"/ , n. 1. a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFLE — I. ˈrī-fəl verb ( ri·fled ; ri·fling -f(ə-)liŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rifler to scrape off, plunder, of Germanic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASSAULT — I. ə-ˈsȯlt noun Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * assaltus, from assalire Date: 14th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIFLE — vi to commit robbery. 2. rifle ·vi to raffle. 3. rifle ·vt to raffle. 4. rifle ·noun a body of …
Webster English vocab
ASSAULT — noun to make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting …
Webster English vocab
RIFLE — [ri.fle] vb ri.fled ; ri.fling [ME, fr. MF rifler to scratch, file, plunder, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG riffilon …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASSAULT — [as.sault] n [ME assaut, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL assaltus, fr. assalire] (14c) 1 a: a violent physical or verbal …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIFLE — firearm with a rifled borei.e., having shallow spiral grooves cut inside the barrel to impart a spin to the projectile. …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIFLE — rifl|e BrE AmE ˈraɪf ə l ▷ rifl|ed d ▷ rifl|es z ▷ rifl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▶ ˈ rifle range BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ASSAULT — assault BrE AmE ə ˈsɔːlt -ˈsɒlt -ˈsɑːlt ▷ assault|ed ɪd əd ▷ assault|ing ɪŋ ▷ assault|s s ▶ as ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIFLE — / ˈraɪfl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a gun with a long barrel which you hold to your …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSAULT — / əˈsɔːlt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] assault (on / upon sb) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIFLE — I. ri ‧ fle 1 /ˈraɪf ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: rifle 'to cut …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASSAULT — I. as ‧ sault 1 /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIFLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2 (in pl.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ASSAULT — n. & v. --n. 1 a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIFLE — n. & v. n. 1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2 (in pl.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ASSAULT — n. & v. n. 1 a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIFLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
ASSAULT — n. & v. --n. 1. a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Oxford English vocab
RIFLE — ( rifles, rifling, rifled) 1. A rifle is a gun with a long barrel. They shot him at point blank …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSAULT — ( assaults, assaulting, assaulted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An assault …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIFLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pistol/rifle shot ▪ A pistol shot rang out in the darkness. air rifle …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASSAULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES aggravated assault ▪ He was charged with aggravated assault . assault and battery assault …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIFLE — (GUN) [noun] [C] - a type of gun with a long barrel, which is fired from the shoulderRifles are designed …
Cambridge English vocab
ASSAULT — [noun], [verb] - (to make) a sudden violent attack on (someone), esp. a sexual oneFollowing a police arrest yesterday, a …
Cambridge English vocab
RIFLE — n. assault rifle M16 rifle National Rifle Association Springfield rifle
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIFLE — n. Firearm whose barrel is rifled (i.e., has spiral grooves cut inside it to give a spin to the projectile). …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASSAULT — n. assault and battery assault rifle Sturmabteilung German: Assault Division
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASSAULT — Synonyms and related words : abuse, aggravated assault, aggression, ambush, amphibious attack, armed assault, assail, assailing, assailment, attack, banzai attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIFLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ automatic , bolt-action , semi-automatic , single-shot ▪ high-powered ▪ .22 , etc. ▪ army , assault …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASSAULT — I. noun 1 crime of attacking sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal , ferocious , savage , vicious , violent ▪ armed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASSAULT — n. 25B6; verb he assaulted a police officer : ATTACK, hit, strike, punch, beat up, thump; pummel, pound, batter; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSAULT — 1. The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2. In an amphibious operation, the period …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
RIFLE — I 1. сущ. 1) винтовка, нарезное оружие to aim, point a rifle ≈ целиться из винтовки to assemble a rifle …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASSAULT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIFLE — rifle.ogg _I 1. ʹraıfʹ(ə)l n 1. нарез ( в канале ствола винтовки и т. п. ) 2. винтовка; нарезное оружие …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ASSAULT
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIFLE — _I 1. ʹraıfʹ(ə)l n 1. нарез ( в канале ствола винтовки и т. п. ) 2. винтовка; нарезное оружие full-bore …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ASSAULT
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIFLE — I ˈraɪfl 1. сущ. 1) нарез ( в канале винтовки ) 2) винтовка, нарезное оружие to aim, point a rifle …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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