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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Firearm \Fire"arm'\ (f[imac]r"[aum]rm'), noun A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
firearm
noun: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" [syn: {piece}, {small-arm}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "firearm": automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, musket, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter
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