"automatic rifle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: automatic rifles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} automatic rifle (plural automatic rifles)
  1. (weaponry) A rifle that loads itself either from a belt or magazine; a machine gun. (Compare fully automatic rifles vs semi-automatic rifles.) Wikipedia link: automatic rifle Categories (topical): Firearms, Weapons Translations (self-loading rifle): armă automată [feminine] (Romanian), automatgevär [neuter] (Swedish), автомати́чна гвинті́вка (avtomatýčna hvyntívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-automatic_rifle-en-noun-0mGWKpqb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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