semiautomatic
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˌsɛmiˈɔːtəˌmætɪk/
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semiautomático
- Detectives said the man pulled a small-framed semiautomatic rifle from his backpack and walked up to a teller.
- semiautomatic firearm
- semiautomatic rifle
- semiautomatic weapons
Examples
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"You bought a .380 semiautomatic pistol, Lucy."
Fiction book (1994) -
Two hundred semiautomatic rifles were stacked against the walls.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hundreds of students were inside the library when the man, Myron May, began shooting outside the building with a semiautomatic handgun.
Academic text (2016) -
An M1 Garand rifle is a semiautomatic weapon, with eight bullets in a clip.
Fiction book (1997) -
The workstation is an automatic or semiautomatic computer that enters customer-order data into CAD drawings.
Academic text (2011) -
The factory uses a semiautomatic assembly line that speeds up production while still requiring workers to oversee certain tasks.
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He prefers shooting with a semiautomatic rifle because it allows for quick follow-up shots but still needs him to pull the trigger for each round.
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During the demonstration, the instructor showed how to operate the semiautomatic device efficiently while emphasizing the manual controls.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
4.7
A small gun that reloads itself after each shot and fires one bullet each time you pull the trigger
- Specialized
1
7.2
A gun that reloads itself after each shot but fires once per trigger pull
How Automatic
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Morphology
Etymology
Semiautomatic comes from the parts semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly' and automatic meaning 'works by itself'. As an adjective, semiautomatic describes a machine that does some jobs on its own but needs a person to do others, which is why a semiautomatic washing machine may wash automatically but must be filled and emptied by hand.