English

Noun

assault rifle ‎(plural assault rifles)

1. A military style automatic rifle or carbine that fires a shortened rifle caliber round or lower-power smaller-calibre round, from a high-capacity magazine.
   • 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)

     A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.

2. (colloquial) Any assault weapon.

Usage notes

There is no widespread official definition of assault rifle, and the meaning varies among different legal jurisdictions.

See also

• automatic rifle
• battle rifle
• machine carbine
• machine gun
• machine pistol
• machine rifle
• submachine gun
• trench broom

Translations

External links

• assault rifle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia