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shotgun

noun as in firearm

Strong match

noun as in quiz

Strongest match

Weak match

verb as in oblige

verb as in patrol

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The only guns allowed are shotguns, guns for research purposes and guns for competition.

An officer fired his shotgun once, shattering the hand in which she was holding the knife.

During the night of the storm, residents recalled hearing “shotgun-like” snapping of tree limbs, with many limbs crashing down on roofs.

The Ravens, who have lost two of three games, may also use Lamar Jackson less frequently in the shotgun after having issues with snaps last week.

Officers were looking for anything related to the shooting in Portland, Brady said, and recovered a shotgun bag.

This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.

Abarca blasted him in the face and the chest with a shotgun.

Despite the confusion on terminology, Grimes does appear to exercise solid technique with her shotgun.

The ex-wife was accused of no wrongdoing, especially after she produced a shotgun that she said also belonged to Morgan.

In the Middle East, a cheetah riding shotgun in the plush leather seat of a luxury sports car is the ultimate status symbol.

Then suddenly he would shift shotgun for rifle and come home with a bearskin in the wagon.

The Whitmore double-barrel breech-loading shotgun was designed, and later developed into the Remington breech-loading shotgun.

He said he reckoned a body could reform the old man with a shotgun, maybe, but he didn't know no other way.

Hale put young Dave on a horse and the little shotgun cavalcade quietly moved away toward the county-seat.

He merely leaned his shotgun against his thigh, reached around beneath his coat and produced a forty-five caliber revolver.

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On this page you'll find 575 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shotgun, such as: handgun, musket, pistol, revolver, rifle, and weapon.

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

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