Barrel
Barrel noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs
Particle
Particle noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: there was not a particle of truth in what she said
Nearby Word: particular
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Speed Buster's weapon, the Buster Launcher, has a barrel extending from its shopping cart base that's maybe fifty feet long—a barrel she shoots particle beams from.
Source: Video Game / No More Heroes - A Particle Rifle with a magazine upgrade and extended barrel will have much more ammo than normal, and will chew through enemy defenses easily, even on Insanity difficulty.
Source: Game Breaker / Mass Effect -
The Gundam Wing spinoff manga G-Unit/Last Outpost introduces an Energy Weapon version of this; the Gundam Geminass' accelerate rifle has a spiral particle accelerator lining the barrel, which can turbo-charge its output for "Hyper Burst Mode".
Source: Magnetic Weapons
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