AK-47 Definition & Meaning

AK-47

[ ey-key-fawr-tee-sev-uhn ]

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noun

a Soviet-designed, gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle with a caliber of 7.62 millimeters, used for automatic or semiautomatic fire. Compare AR-15 ( def ), M16 ( def ).

AK-47

noun

a type of Kalashnikov assault rifle

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Origin of AK-47¹

First recorded in 1947; from Russian A(vtomat) K(alashnikova), automatic gun of Kalashnikov, after Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov (1919–2013), Soviet arms engineer

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of AK-47¹

C20: from A(utomat) K(alashnikov)

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In 2006, Allen was part of a balaclava-wearing gang toting guns including an AK-47 assault rifle who threatened to kill staff at the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

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But he had to think of his daughter: In his mind were dozens of videos feverishly circulated among villagers, depicting what was said to be pro-government fighters lining up residents and executing them with an AK-47 bullet to the head.

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When he opened it, they placed the AK-47 on his chest and asked him for his name.

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At the entrance to Kobane, women in their 50s, armed with AK-47 assault rifles, guard the checkpoints.

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The sounds of helicopter gunfire and heavy machine guns signalled something more intense than the crackle of AK-47 that he normally heard.

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