Automatic and Sidearm

Automatic

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

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

Sidearm

Sidearm adjective - (of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground.
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Synonyms for Sidearm

Automatic and sidearm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Automatic" instead a noun "Sidearm".

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  • Blade on a Stick In medieval combat, the sword was more a sidearm, and the polearm used as the main infantry weapon on the battlefield (similar to how modern soldiers use a pistol as a sidearm, but generally some kind of automatic rifle as their primary weapon).
  • The most common "sidearm" in modern military service is some model of semi-automatic pistol with a detachable magazine.
  • Characters / Warhammer 40000 Astartes Hand Cannon: The standard-issue Space Marine sidearm is the bolt pistol, which fires the same fully-automatic rocket-propelled armor-piercing explosive rounds as a boltgun, just at a shorter range.
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