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semiautomatic definition

semi·au·to·matic (-ôt′ə mat′ik)

adjective

  1. partly automatic and partly hand-controlled: said of machinery
  2. Firearms using the force of the explosion of a shell to eject and reload cartridges, as in an automatic, but requiring a trigger pull for each round fired

noun

a semiautomatic firearm

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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