Fire and Pistol

Fire

Fire noun - A destructive burning.

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Pistol and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pistol" instead a noun "Fire".

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Pistol noun - A very energetic person.

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Fire and pistol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a noun "Pistol".

Nearby Word: Pistole

full	full fire	full pistol
normal	normal fire	normal pistol
ordinary	ordinary fire	ordinary pistol
complete	complete fire	complete pistol
Other adjectives: regular, original, light, heavy, small, powerful, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, weak, little, new, automatic, primary, double, literal, nearby.

Not surprisingly, Halo 2 weakened the pistol and removed the scope so it wouldn't be a Game Breaker when combined with the ability to go Guns Akimbo; Halo 3 brought back some of the power, but lowered the rate of fire and magazine capacity.

Source: Punch-Packing Pistol
This saves you the trouble (and a good amount of resources) to upgrade everyone's pistol to the next weapon tier, and it spares you the awkward choice between "Waste a turn, and possibly this soldier's life, reloading" or "Draw an obsolete pistol and fire for ridiculously low damage".

Source: Video Game / XCOM 2
In Blood 2 the alternate fire for the single pistol fires the gun this way and increases the rate of fire.

Source: Gangsta Style

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