handgun

[hand-guhn] / ˈhændˌgʌn /

NOUN

firearm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

musket pistol revolver rifle shotgun weapon

STRONG

heat

NOUN

gun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cannon hardware mortar piece pistol revolver rifle shotgun

STRONG

Uzi blaster difference equalizer flintlock forty-five howitzer magnum musket ordnance persuader rod

WEAK

Saturday-night special peashooter thirty-eight

NOUN

pistol

Synonyms

STRONGEST

firearm gun rod

STRONG

forty-five piece six-shooter

WEAK

Saturday night special thirty-eight

NOUN

Saturday night special

Synonyms

WEAK

cheap handgun firearm pistol revolver rod six-shooter

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The payloads were delivered via specially designed capsules that could stay intact until they reached the koala’s hindguts, where their eucalyptus-munching microbes live.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019

handgun

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