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revolver

noun as in firearm

Strong match

noun as in Saturday night special

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The cops gave chase and the gunman fired the big revolver twice more.

Peters qualified as an “expert” on the M16A1 in 1993 and the .38 revolver in 1995.

On November 4, 1928, someone put a revolver slug into Rothstein's body in Room 349 of the Park Central Hotel.

Gdenisku displays for me an old revolver equipped with rubber bullets; this is the only weapon he bears.

He orders a Smith Wesson .38 snub-​nosed revolver through the mail, using the same alias.

A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.

During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.

"So that is Jim Poindexter, the bloody villain," muttered the boy between his set teeth, and nervously fingering his revolver.

Frank loosened his sword from its fastenings and took a revolver in his left hand, in which he also held the reins.

Instantly Longcluse had used his revolver; but before he could make assurance doubly sure, his quick ear detected a step outside.

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On this page you'll find 106 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to revolver, such as: handgun, musket, pistol, rifle, shotgun, and weapon.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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