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  • 1Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix song) — Infobox song| Name = Machine Gun Artist = Jimi Hendrix Album = Band of Gypsys Recorded = 1 January, 1970 Genre = Psychedelic rock, blues rock Length = 12:32 Label = MCA Writer = Jimi Hendrix Producer = Heaven Research Machine Gun is a song… …

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  • 2Firing — refers to a decision made by an employer to terminate employment. Though such a decision can be made by an employer for a variety of reasons, ranging from an economic downturn to performance related problems on the part of the employee, being… …

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  • 3Machine Wars — was a short lived toy series in the Transformers toyline, introduced in 1997. The series was initially exclusive to KB Toys and its subsidiaries, although overstock/unsold surplus eventually appeared at other retailers.[1] Machine Wars was Hasbro …

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  • 4machine gun — ☆ machine gun n. an automatic gun, usually mounted and with a cooling apparatus, firing a rapid and continuous stream of bullets machine gun vt. machine gunned, machine gunning …

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  • 5machine gun — n. A fully automatic rapid firing rifle, which continues to fire bullets repeatedly as long as the trigger is depressed; lighter versions may be carried in the hands, and heavier versions may be mounted on a tripod, vehicle, or other mount. The… …

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  • 6Machine gun — [ thumb|200px|An illustration of later model 19th century Gatling gun. It was a multi barreled rotary machine gun fired via a manual crank, which mechanically loaded and primed cartridges from the hopper above the gun] : For other uses of the… …

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  • 7Machine pistol — This article is about full auto or burst capable pistols. For semi automatic weapons, see semi automatic pistol. A fully automatic Steyr M1912, which was used as a side arm by the Austro Hungarian Army A machine pistol is a handgun style,[1]… …

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  • 8machine gun — a small arm operated by a mechanism, able to deliver a rapid and continuous fire of bullets as long as the trigger is pressed. [1865 70] * * * Automatic weapon capable of rapid, sustained fire, usually 500–1,000 rounds per minute. Developed in… …

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  • 9Machine Gun —    A generic term for an automatic weapon capable of firing small arms ammunition continuously and rapidly. The first cyclic firing weapon constructed was probably James Puckle’s Defence gun from 1718. The Gatling gun, constructed by Richard… …

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  • 10firing squad — noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution • Syn: ↑firing party • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …

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