Definition of "assault rifle" []

• Any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles designed for individual use in combat. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Turf wars, the occasional hardhead who goes for the assault rifle when the raid team shows, bitterness over price hikes or debts owed."
• "No, this is it: our main force struck the south wall like a tsunami, the soldiers of Mochs unable physically or psychologically to handle a force of Celtic warriors dyed completely blue, screaming like banshees, an assault rifle in each hand."
• "Completed, made whole, it looked like a standard M4 assault rifle after six years in the gym, the familiar lines where they should be, but the whole thing amplified and extended, thickened, lengthened, densified, packed with strength and weight."