Cylinder
Cylinder noun - A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line.
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Weapon
Weapon noun - Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.
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Cylinder and weapon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cylinder" instead a noun "Weapon".
Nearby Words: weaponry, weaponless
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- Whether accidentally or as an Improvised Weapon, the nozzle of a pressurized gas cylinder is easily broken off in fiction.
Source: Gas Cylinder Rocket - Some guns keep the spent casing in a rotating cylinder, but most weapons are automatics, which eject the casing from the weapon.
Source: Cartridges in Flight -
The name refers to the "double action" of the trigger — every pull advances the cylinder, cocks the hammer, and then releases it to fire the weapon.
Source: Noisy Guns
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