Automatic and Gun

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Automatic noun - A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released.

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Gun and automatic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gun" instead a noun "Automatic".

Gun noun - A portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder.

Usage example: while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun

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Automatic and gun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Automatic" instead a noun "Gun".

Nearby Word: gunroom

In 4, two areas put you in a helicopter with either a mounted machine gun or an automatic cannon, both of which have infinite ammo.

Source: Video Game / Time Crisis
The helicopter scenes in 4 qualify also, since you use a mounted machine gun or an automatic cannon, as well as the Stage 1 boss battle where you use a machine gun during the multi-screen battle to fight off the boss and several enemies.

Source: More Dakka
Discussed in Dragon Age: Inquisition with Varric's crossbow Bianca, which is quite literally a machine gun or automatic rifle compared to the other bows and crossbows in the universe.

Source: No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup

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