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When Ray attacks Julie, Ava shoots him through the back with his speargun, killing him.
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 July 2025
That afternoon, Mariottini went diving, hunting for amberjacks and sea bream with his speargun.
—Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 12 July 2025
Because the fish can both hear noise and feel vibrations, divers must take care not to, say, bump their speargun on the bottom while listening for croaks.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
The hope is that a robust consumer market will incentivize lionfish hunting, and that humans with spearguns will become the predators that invasive lionfish need.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
This means that Hara had to catch the fish in 60-degree water with all her gear — a 10-pound weight belt, snorkel, fins and 2-pound EduSub speargun.
—Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
As in the story, Domino shoots Largo with a speargun.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The fish don’t typically try to swim away quickly when humans approach them, and some can even be caught with a diver’s bare hands, although they’re most often caught with a standard handheld net or a speargun.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022
Biannual speargun fishing competitions held at the San Marcos River, as well as almost weekly diving expeditions by the Texas A&M research team, are working to pluck the pesky Plecos out of the river each year by the thousands.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 July 2025
That afternoon, Mariottini went diving, hunting for amberjacks and sea bream with his speargun.
—Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 12 July 2025
Because the fish can both hear noise and feel vibrations, divers must take care not to, say, bump their speargun on the bottom while listening for croaks.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
The hope is that a robust consumer market will incentivize lionfish hunting, and that humans with spearguns will become the predators that invasive lionfish need.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
This means that Hara had to catch the fish in 60-degree water with all her gear — a 10-pound weight belt, snorkel, fins and 2-pound EduSub speargun.
—Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
As in the story, Domino shoots Largo with a speargun.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The fish don’t typically try to swim away quickly when humans approach them, and some can even be caught with a diver’s bare hands, although they’re most often caught with a standard handheld net or a speargun.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022
Biannual speargun fishing competitions held at the San Marcos River, as well as almost weekly diving expeditions by the Texas A&M research team, are working to pluck the pesky Plecos out of the river each year by the thousands.
—Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022
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“Speargun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speargun. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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speargun
noun
spear·gun
-ˌgən 
: a gun that shoots a spear and is used for spearfishing
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