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PRECISION RIFLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away
Synonyms:
precision rifle; sniper rifle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("precision rifle" is a kind of...):
rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precision rifle"):
Dragunov (a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight)
