| NOUN | artifact | rifle | a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | possession | rifle, plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, ransack, pillage, foray | steal goods |
| contact | rifle, go | go through in search of something |
| Sounds | ray'fahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" | |
| Parts | bolt | A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| pump action, slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun | |
| rifle butt | The butt end of a rifle | |
| Narrower | Garand rifle, Garand, M-1, M-1 rifle | A semiautomatic rifle |
| Winchester | A shoulder rifle | |
| carbine | light automatic rifle | |
| sniper rifle, precision rifle | An extremely powerful rifle developed for the military | |
| Broader | firearm, piece, small-arm | A portable gun |
| Spanish | fusil, rifle | |
| Catalan | fusell, rifle | |
| Meaning | steal goods; take as spoils. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, ransack, pillage, foray | |
| Narrower | deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | despojar, desvalijar, expoliar, pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | desvalisar, espoliar, expilar, saquejar | |
| Meaning | Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The men rifle the area for animals; The men rifle for animals in the area | |
| Example | "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" | |
| Synonym | go | |
| Broader | search | subject to a search |
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