self-loader

Definition of self-loadernext

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Noun
  • The man initially refused but signed after Pooh Shiesty allegedly pointed an AK-style pistol his head.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Dressed for the occasion — and very comfortable with a semiautomatic.
    Michael Ruiz , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • For those who prefer the hands-on experience of making their own espresso, a semiautomatic keeps you in control.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
    Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Knoxville, who was writing an article that led him to test self-defense equipment by using various weapons on himself, fires a revolver at his own chest from point-blank range while wearing a bulletproof vest.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Investigators said that the child was not injured after the bite, and the dog had already been separated and was back inside its home when Reyes Rodriguez armed himself with a rifle, entered the neighbor's home, shot the dog and killed it.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • As the crowd passed through the neighborhood, the McCloskeys emerged from their home carrying firearms — Mark with an AR-15-style rifle and Patricia with a handgun.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • The autopsy determined that Wiley's cause of death was a shotgun wound to the torso, according to Crump.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In a photo from a court document, a 12-gauge shotgun is shown inside a Rocky Ford residence inhabited by Mario Rocha.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • He has been charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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