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The phrase "automatic weapon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a type of firearm that can fire continuously with a single pull of the trigger.
Example: "The debate over the regulation of automatic weapons has intensified in recent years."
Alternatives: "fully automatic firearm" or "automatic firearm".
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Automatic weapon.
This was an automatic weapon".
He fired at least one automatic weapon.
The automatic weapon is now silent.
The dadadadadada of automatic weapon fire.
Another guardsman approached, clicking the safety off his automatic weapon.
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Does Walt return in combat trousers, bandoliers and a blaze of automatic weapon-fire?
Witnesses say the shooter used a fully-automatic weapon.
The gunman was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, officials said.
'Put that down,' he warns, as if it were a semi-automatic weapon.
The deputies were shot with a semi-automatic weapon when the door was opened, she said.
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