Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Submachine gun and machine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submachine gun" instead a noun "Machine".
Submachine gun
Submachine gun noun - Machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm.
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Machine and submachine gun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Machine" instead a noun phrase "Submachine gun".
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Essentially an American-upgraded Uzi, the Ruger MP9 is a submachine gun/machine pistol designed by Uziel Gal, the original creator of the Uzi, and manufactured by Ruger in 1995.
Source: Rare Guns - For example, some submachine guns can be reloaded by equivalent bullets used by machine guns (submachine gun mags take up 2 vertical Grid Inventory squares, while machine gun clips take up 4).
Source: Universal Ammunition -
Also in that book, a P90 is described variously as a machine pistol, a submachine gun, a "big gun", and a machine gun, all within a few pages.
Source: Literature / The Laundry Series
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