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What does machine-gun mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word machine-gun? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To fire a machine gun
  2. To shoot (people, etc.) with a machine gun
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In the foreground is the.50-calibre machine-gun of the ship's close-in weapons system and its two-person crew, standing to and ready for action.
As with the machine-gun platform, the turntable and trunnions are intact, but the gun itself is missing.
The lieutenant went back to find more than 15 men killed by machine-gun crossfire.
In World War II, anxious bomber crewmembers advised their gunners to use up the entire 27-foot-long machine-gun ammo belt on a persistent target.
If infantry attacks on foot, defending troops cut off infantry from tanks and destroy it with machine-gun and automatic rifle fire.
Usually about six feet wide and seven feet deep, the trenches were guarded by barbed wire and machine-gun posts.

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