air gun

Example Sentences

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The work involves geotechnical survey boats mapping the ocean floor using sonar equipment that blasts underwater air guns.

From Washington Times

In those first months, protesters fought soldiers and the police with slingshots and air guns made with plastic pipe.

From New York Times

Investigators ultimately discovered that the 12-year-old’s weapon was actually an "air gun," according to Syracuse.com.

From Fox News

Other less lethal incidents in schools and colleges have followed, including several attacks with air guns and an ax attack in Ulan-Ude, a city in Siberia, that wounded a teacher.

From New York Times

For air guns, plastic pipe is used for the barrel, and a butane lighter switch works as a trigger.

From New York Times