Assault
Open fire
Open fire verb - Start firing a weapon.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The female students answer this by breaking out assault rifles and open fire on them.
Source: Light Novel / Kämpfer -
A man with an assault rifle thought better of his plan to open fire on the crowd in Arizona and turned himself in in 2008.
Source: Useful Notes / Super Bowl - They seem to forget that the T-X also has a multipurpose assault weapon built into its arm, meaning that it can open fire on its enemies with a plasma cannon at a moment's notice.
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