rifle
rahy fuhl
- n a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired - v steal goods; take as spoils
- v go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Who rifled through my desk drawers?
- Murmurs of discontent have been reverberating since 2001, when a disgruntled citizen opened fire with his army rifle inside the chamber of a regional parliament, killing 14 and .
- The weapons of modern navies and air forces are largely the products of the most modern technology, but on the ground the basic infantry weapon, the rifle, has barely changed in .
- Without infantry, armies cannot win wars; without rifles, infantry cannot fight.