PRECISION RIFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does precision rifle mean? 

• PRECISION RIFLE (noun)
  The noun PRECISION RIFLE has 1 sense:

1. an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away

  Familiarity information: PRECISION RIFLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRECISION RIFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

precision rifle; sniper rifle

Hypernyms ("precision rifle" is a kind of...):

rifle (a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precision rifle"):

Dragunov (a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight)