culverins

plural of culverin

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culverins
Noun
  • Those women and girls made millions of rounds of small arms ammunition, as well as cannonballs and explosives for the war effort.
    Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • While some videos include a soundtrack of small arms fire, there is little sign of the mobile fire groups of volunteers armed with anti-aircraft machine guns which Russia is now deploying at scale.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
  • The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
    R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Teri handled higher-value finds and saw that potentially dangerous items – like firearms and knives – got to the local sheriff’s office.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Many of the firearms are believed to have been stolen, and could be linked to crimes in the region, federal officials said.
    Mark Price July 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
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“Culverins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culverins. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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