Thesaurus results for SMALL ARM

small arm

noun

as in firearm

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol

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Recent Examples of small arm News reports said the helicopters faced small arms fire but made it out safely with the pilot. —

Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026 The suspension applies to at least a part of SIG Sauer, a major small arms maker based in Switzerland and Germany. —

Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026 During the past few years, the Houthis have become less reliant on Iran for weapons, smuggling in drone components from Chinese companies and small arms from the Horn of Africa. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 The year is 1940 and the Second World War is in full swing, coming to Birmingham with a bang when a bomb falls on a small arms factory, killing everyone including a previously unseen member of the Shelby family, Agnes (Ruby Ashbourne Serkis). —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for small arm

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Braden Peters, an online influencer known as Clavicular, was sentenced to six months of probation and ordered to complete 20 hours of community service after pleading no contest in an agreement with Florida prosecutors to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026
One of them, Hossein Hosseini, received basic firearms training from a masked member of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 17 May 2026