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- adverb In a
semiautomatic manner
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Examples
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It would also be able to be fired semiautomatically (one round at a time) for shooting precisely at distinct targets, or automatically (in bursts) for overpowering close-in targets and for delivering a high volume of bullets to suppress an area or enemy force.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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The upshot should be a range of sanctions for offenders, including financial penalties that can be applied semiautomatically, or without too much political interference.
OECD: Global Recovery Is Stabilizing Ilona Billington 2010
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But in practice, the choice occurs semiautomatically.
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No. The reason for this is that the Court's ruling does not affect the District's ban on "machine guns," which under DC law includes any gun "which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily converted or restored to shoot semiautomatically, more than 12 shots without manual reloading."
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These include rifle bullets and shot of both explosive and nonexplosive varieties, which can be fired semiautomatically or automatically, low-yield grenades, low-yield guided rockets, high-pressure flammable liquid, and microwave energy beams.
Old Mans War 2005
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When he does so, your child semiautomatically addresses the all-important What if I . . .
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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When he does so, your child semiautomatically addresses the all-important What if I . . .
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Joshua had taught him to play some card games, and it would be ridiculously simple to calculate the odds—he did it semiautomatically already when he played with Biddy at home.
Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000
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Joshua had taught him to play some card games, and it would be ridiculously simple to calculate the odds—he did it semiautomatically already when he played with Biddy at home.
Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000
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The jigger is nothing more than a potters wheel which has been modified to produce uniform products semiautomatically or automatically.
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