harquebuses

variants or arquebuses
Definition of harquebusesnext
plural of harquebus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for harquebuses
Noun
  • From the north and from the island’s southern highpoint, 550-foot Mount Suribachi, shells and small arms fire rained on the Marines, the Courant reported.
    Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Sort of small arms warfare, where they were harassed for months in one of these sad situations where the cops wouldn’t intervene.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Then the French started to standardize their muskets.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • When tension broke, one side was equipped with steel swords, muskets, and gunpowder.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.
    Cindy Camp, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Senate Bill 4 would build off Colorado’s 2019 extreme risk protection orders law, which allows family members, law enforcement, health care professionals and educators to petition the courts to require people to surrender their firearms temporarily.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Harquebuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harquebuses. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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