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Meanings of rifle in anglès
Firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, and with a rifled barrel.
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Examples for "strip"
Examples for "strip"
1
They were far superior to the tiny strip farms of earlier years.
2
The young one had reached the far side of the grassy strip.
3
When you strip away the detail, the choice before us is clear.
4
Central America, a strip of land between two oceans, is particularly vulnerable.
5
A year ago, luxury retailers turned it into a buzzing commercial strip.
1
The Turks plunder the City, and the Indian Generals withdraw in resentment.
2
The plunder taken in Guayaquil, exclusive of the ransom, was very considerable.
3
Local media have also uncovered plunder of fuel by BDZ's own employees.
4
The greater part of the plunder was, however, in this case refunded.
5
Pile in with us and get your share-ofthe plunder, I mean.
1
Photo: Lucas Marshall The loot looks good for the climbers this year.
2
I just hope nobody decides to loot this place while we're away.
3
Meanwhile the main body of the Martians proceeded to explore and loot.
4
Whittle's loot hadn't been money and watches, but parts taken from Mary.
5
He left the tavern at first light, taking his loot with him.
1
Tonight, yet another foray into the great wasteland which is middle age.
2
The company also said its foray into mass gaming was going well.
3
He is still awaiting a successful outcome from his latest business foray.
4
Can you tell me a bit about your foray into the industry?
5
Feyenoord finally managed a foray towards the skull-capped Ederson on 20 minutes.
1
It was the era of universal pillage and destruction; nothing held sacred.
2
We have passed the inevitable stage of pioneer pillage of natural resources.
3
And in addition they will have the right to pillage the city.
4
They worked the people up until they joined them in the pillage.
5
There was no disorder or pillage of any kind in the city.
1
Though I was pleased they chose a traditional gentlemen's outfitter to ransack.
2
No one said a word as Kennedy continued to ransack the place.
3
He had just opened this safe apparently and begun to ransack it.
4
I reckon those fellows who just ran off wanted to ransack it.
5
Dorothy and Bess appeared, having completed a ransack of staterooms and cabins.
1
They'd probably have to completely despoil the surrounding acres to manage it.
2
The duty not to contrive through a covetous heart to despoil another.
3
But not for himself did Meleager despoil the body of his foe.
4
Your father is an Egyptian to me, and I will despoil him.
5
I doubt not they be robbers, eager to overtake and despoil us.
1
The "reave," as biotics referred to it, was used to target an opponent's nervous system.
2
Gillian launched a reave.
3
The result was a weak and ineffectual "reave" that did little more than give Gillian a reason to pull the trigger.
4
I got to hurry, because the mair hericopter reaves right away.
5
A good cow was a good cow, had she been twenty times reaved!
Usage of rifle in anglès
1
Research is mixed on whether the assault-rifle ban had a significant impact.
2
On the ground lay the saddle-bags and the rifle; as yet unmolested.
3
Six months later I was in France shootin people with a rifle.
4
The booming of a rifle echoed in the rocks to the left.
5
In truth, the rifle played but a small part in the war.
6
The drone had, however, seen her, anticipated her rifle fire, and countered.
7
He glared full in the eyes above the rifle barrel and bellowed:
8
Give me exactly four minutes then fire the rifle into the air.
9
War had started; the new rifle was used instead of the musket.
10
A .22-caliber semi-automatic long rifle was found at the scene, he said.
11
An Israeli couple in the house escaped when the intruder's rifle jammed.
12
Again the rebel yell, again the rifle shots high in the air.
13
The man in the sheep-skin-chaps clubbed his rifle at the galloping pony.
14
He is the best pistol shot and rifle shot in the land.
15
Media reported he was armed with a semi-automatic rifle and several handguns.
16
A practical implication of rifle design trade-off was addressed in the paper.
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