Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Partially automatic.
- adjective Ejecting a shell and loading the next round of ammunition automatically, but requiring a squeeze of the trigger for each shot. Used of a firearm.
- noun A semiautomatic firearm.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
semi-automatic . - noun Alternative spelling of
semi-automatic .
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- adjective (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
- noun a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously
- adjective partially automatic
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Examples
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Do they make a .458 Lott in semiautomatic with a 30 round clip?
This one is for all the archaeologists and History Channel fans out there. 2009
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Bender declined to say when or how the boy got the gun, which was identified as a semiautomatic 9 mm Kel-Tec.
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Do they make a .458 Lott in semiautomatic with a 30 round clip?
This one is for all the archaeologists and History Channel fans out there. 2009
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A semiautomatic is defined as a weapon that is not fully automatic, and thus not a machine gun.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Acceptable amount of falsehood: 2004
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I believe they call a semiautomatic SKS carbine an assault rifle, unless you normally hunt deer with old Russian military guns.
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.45 single-action revolver, sometimes called a semiautomatic, which Carol Brunkella's attorney, Thomas J. Nathan, told the Tribune is known to have a sensitive trigger and to be prone to accidental discharge.
Chicago Reader 2010
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o More than 90 percent of the 226 rifles named could be identified as semiautomatic assault rifles, primarily AK-47 and AR-15 variants.
Josh Sugarmann: Sorry NRA -- Mexican Gun Traffickers Buy American 2009
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But some members are resisting a proposal to make the imposition of sanctions that break the rules "semiautomatic," while others want efforts to reduce pension liabilities and private-sector debt levels to be taken into account when assessing a nation 's fiscal health.
Reform Rules Divide EU Members Matthew Dalton 2010
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Stop selling weapons that are attractive to criminals, such as semiautomatic assault weapons or those with large-capacity magazines.
Outgunned PETER HARRY BROWN DANIEL G. ABEL 2003
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A budget reduction also could cut into efforts to require firearms dealers in border states to report multiple sales of the kind of semiautomatic long guns favored by the cartels.
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