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Recoilless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Designed to minimize the effect of recoil: a recoilless rifle.

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adj. Lacking recoil.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil

Word Usage

"The insurgents also had an 82 mm recoilless rifle, a powerful weapon that usually fires shells designed to destroy tanks — a large weapon, heavy and difficult to carry."

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