gas weapon

  • 1Gas-operated reloading — Gas operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms. In gas operation, a portion of high pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to power a mechanism to extract the spent case and chamber a… …

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  • 2Gas (disambiguation) — Gas may refer to: Science and technology: gases and liquids * Gas, one of the phases of matter * Gasoline, a refined fossil fuel, also called petrol * Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also called cooking gas , which includes propane and butane *… …

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  • 3Gas reinjection — is the reinjection of natural gas into an underground reservoir, typically one already containing both natural gas and crude oil, in order to increase the pressure within the reservoir and thus induce the flow of crude oil or else sequester gas… …

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  • 4weapon — [n] arm, armament ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and… …

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  • 5gas-op|er|at|ed — «GAS OP uh RAY tihd», adjective. (of an automatic or semiautomatic weapon) utilizing part of the gas from the explosion in the barrel to unlock the bolt and activate the loading mechanism …

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  • 6Weapon of mass destruction — For the Hip hop album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). Weapons of mass destruction …

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  • 7weapon of mass destruction — ▪ weaponry       weapon with the capacity to inflict death and destruction on such a massive scale and so indiscriminately that its very presence in the hands of a hostile power can be considered a grievous threat. Modern weapons of mass… …

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  • 8Weapon X — This article is about the clandestine government anti mutant project, for the reality jumping team of antiheroes, see Weapon X (Exiles); for the individuals called Weapon X, see Wolverine (comics) or Garrison Kane; for the Weapon Plus Project,… …

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  • 9weapon — 01. Throw down your [weapons], and surrender! 02. The first nuclear [weapon] used in wartime was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in 1945. 03. He was carrying a number of [weapons], including an automatic rifle. 04. Our country manufactures many… …

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  • 10gas — gas1 W2S1 [gæs] n plural gases or gasses [Sense: 1 3, 6 9; Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek khaos empty space ; CHAOS] [Sense: 4 5; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: gasoline] …

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