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magnum

noun

  1. a wine bottle holding about 1.5 liters, about twice as much as the usual bottle
  2. ☆ a firearm, esp. a revolver, designed to fire magnum cartridges

adjective

of or pertaining to a cartridge having more explosive force than an ordinary cartridge of its size would

See magnum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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