firearm
pronunciation
How to pronounce firearm in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪərɑːm]
How to pronounce firearm in American English:
US [ˈfaɪərɑːrm]
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- Noun:
- a portable gun
Word Origin
- firearm (n.)
- also fire-arm, 1640s, from fire (n.) + arm (n.2). Anything which expels a missile by combustion of gunpowder (or a similar substance), from a pistol to a cannon. Related: Firearms.
Example
- 1. The fact is that firearm technology exists .
- 2. Soon renamed the revolver , it is faster to reload than any other firearm , and remains popular today .
- 3. Unfortunately , our brains are not wired to be sufficiently " reasonable " when we are holding a firearm .
- 4. In 1994 , while working his way up in the staid " cabling " industry , as it is known , he enrolled at the advanced security institute , a sacramento-area school that offered firearm , baton , and tear gas training .
- 5. That the great majority of gang homicides involve a firearm and took place in public suggests that inter-gang conflict and retaliation ( perhaps territory disputes , personal beefs or just defending reputations ) as the main causes of killings .