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Meanings of semiautomatic in English

(Of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously.

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A pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously.

Usage of semiautomatic in English
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Reyes-Urtiz used a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun his parents kept in the home.
Reuters
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It's some of the great new weapons like the semiautomatic Gorgon pistol.
Wired
3
Two armed security officers stepped from the guardhouse, both cradling semiautomatic weapons.
A Brewing Storm
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Campbell has opted for his U.S. Army pistol and his Winchester semiautomatic.
Grand junction
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Tom Lance had raised his semiautomatic, aimed carefully, and squeezed the trigger.
The next to die
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He took a compact semiautomatic pistol and holster out of the locker.
Caliban's War
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Tumor volume and overlap fractions between manual and semiautomatic-segmented volumes were compared.
Pubmed
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A tiny little semiautomatic pistol lay on the floor beneath his hand.
Turn coat
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Australia's laws banned automatic and semiautomatic weapons and included a national buy-back scheme.
News.com.au
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Other recent attacks have also used semiautomatic handguns with high-capacity magazines.
Reuters
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Two minutes later out slid a semiautomatic pistol with a guaranteed jam-free mechanism.
The evolutionary void
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PF within each hemithorax was quantified using a semiautomatic method of image segmentation.
Pubmed
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A video from the set shows the rapper being handed a semiautomatic weapon.
News.com.au
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Family photos hang easy next to the semiautomatic in each clapboard.
Unmanned
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He brought a Ruger .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun level with Sorenson's gut.
Storm Front
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Orozco carried the radio transmitter, a small generator, and an M-3 semiautomatic rifle.
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