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machine gun
(ma|chine gun)
noun
an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed:
[
as modifier
]
:
machine-gun fire
verb
(
machine-gun
)
[
with object
]
shoot with a machine gun:
a corporal had been machine-gunned in an ambush
Derivatives
machine-gunner
noun
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