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a type of long gun that was used by soldiers before the invention of the rifle
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Recent Examples of musket
Some of them waged it, encamping with the armies, cooking, cleaning, and nursing, and, in a few exceptional cases, grabbing muskets themselves.
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Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Lastly, players have ranged weapons such as the fast firing bow called the Hankyu, long ranged Yumi, bombs and Tangeshima, or musket.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Near the end of the exhibit, there is an impossibly long musket, similar to the arms carried back in this particular day.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
British and American traders disrupted the delicate balance, foreigners ’ muskets and cannons tipping the scales of battle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Lastly, players have ranged weapons such as the fast firing bow called the Hankyu, long ranged Yumi, bombs and Tangeshima, or musket.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Near the end of the exhibit, there is an impossibly long musket, similar to the arms carried back in this particular day.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
British and American traders disrupted the delicate balance, foreigners ’ muskets and cannons tipping the scales of battle.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musket
Noun
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The flintlock coughed a lot of smoke, but Zutterman heard the 270-grain roundball smack the buck.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
Noun
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But hand the ball off from that same shotgun formation?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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There was also a bad fumble on a snap out of shotgun.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.—
Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
5 Aug. 2019
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The employee is authorized to carry a firearm, but is not a member of the Lawrence Police Department.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Officers allegedly found about 525 shell casings and 13 firearms.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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And the baddest of them all, Alucard (*cough* read that name back, right to left), wears a red trench coat, a pair of laughably huge pistols, and sunglasses at night to prove it.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, Castro’s office said 113 people had been arrested, 10 teenagers were detained and authorities seized 91 rifles, 29 pistols, 14 explosive devices and one ton of cocaine.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Musket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musket. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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