ASSAULT RIFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assault rifle mean? 

• ASSAULT RIFLE (noun)
  The noun ASSAULT RIFLE has 1 sense:

1. any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use

  Familiarity information: ASSAULT RIFLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSAULT RIFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

assault gun; assault rifle

Hypernyms ("assault rifle" is a kind of...):

automatic; automatic rifle; machine rifle (light machine gun)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)