Bolt
Bolt verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
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Both words in one sentence
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It also has orientalist elements, with sheikhs (one of whom is named Omar Shariff) and "desert warriors" armed with scimitars and bolt action rifles.
Source: Video Game / Original War -
The Desert Eagle uses a rotating-bolt mechanism and direct gas impingement operation usually found on rifles, of course due to the oversized chambering.
Source: Rare Guns -
O'Rouke writes that out of everyone in Saudi Arabia preparing for Operation Desert Storm "when it comes to truly not speaking English, it's impossible to top the [US] Department of Defense" which calls a metal nut (which goes on a bolt) a "hexaform rotatable surface compression unit."
Source: Expospeak Gag
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