magnum

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The best shotgun is just another gun on Pro mode and the enemies are very resilient; and even though the magnum is a guaranteed kill it has a rate of fire which makes it impossible to stave off regular enemies from more than 1 direction, not to mention infected dogs, lickers, and ranged attackers.

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  1. noun A bottle, holding about two fifths of a gallon (1.5 liters), for wine or liquor.
  2. noun The amount of liquid that this bottle can hold.
  3. noun A magnum cartridge or firearm.

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  • Other artists on the high road to celebrity are also employed in copying this same Opus magnum, the performance of which we shall applaud in July 1882. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 2: "From Rome to the End"
  • It is called the foramen magnum, and it may well be the most telltale clue as to the humanness of an otherwise questionable cranium. —  Omni: January 1993
  • Most producers charge more than double for a magnum, containing two bottles of wine, despite the fact that they are obviously saving on the expense of the second bottle, label, and cork. —  The New Wine Consumer: Wine Brands
  • Although the man is teetotaller (a quality I find admirable in people who control nuclear weapons) I did wonder if Tuesday's confirmation of Marine Aubry as leader of our Socialist Party (PS) by a mere 42 votes out of 200,000 odd may have moved him to instruct a flunky to rifle in the cellars of the Élysée palace for a magnum or two of Dom Pérignon. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • In 1997, McCabe returned to the fold, and The Verve released what many call their magnum opus, —  TODAYonline
 

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  1. From Latin, neuter of magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin magnum, neuter of magnus, great: see magnitude.
 

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/ˈmægnəm/
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