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Muzzle meaning
The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws. | A person's mouth. | A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
Example sentences (20)
A 7.62 NATO round reaches 50 percent of its velocity within convert of the barrel when fired, so decreasing the barrel length for close quarters combat results in increased muzzle pressure and greater noise and muzzle flash.
Air guns with muzzle energy up to 15 J, gas pistols and non-repeating muzzle-loaded guns are available to anybody above 18 without permission.
The AK-47 bayonet is installed by slipping the convert diameter muzzle ring around the muzzle and latching the handle down on the bayonet lug under the front sight base.
The M110A2 is the latest version with double muzzle brake, the earlier A1 version had a plain muzzle.
The new SMP-842 propellant in the round burns quicker in the shorter M4 carbine barrel, ensuring less muzzle flash and greater muzzle velocity.
The older and more-stable forms of cannon were muzzle-loading as opposed to breech-loading — in order to be used they had to have their ordnance packed down the bore through the muzzle rather than inserted through the breech.
The original muzzle-ring was cut away and a new, large diameter muzzle ring welded in place.
The shorter the barrel, the more difficult it is to hide the flash; the AKS-74U has a complex, effective muzzle-booster/flash suppressor, yet it still suffers from extreme muzzle flash.
The standard AK-47 barrel does not counteract muzzle rise and climb as well lateral shift to the right much like the AKM's offset muzzle brake.
This new model used a stamped sheet metal receiver and featured a slanted muzzle brake on the end of the barrel to compensate for muzzle rise under recoil.
Use of a ported barrel, muzzle brake or suppressor can further be used to reduce muzzle climb.
Even of exiled journalists have been targeted under the DSA in an apparent effort to muzzle critical reporting abroad.
He is on ground, but does not have the financial muzzle to foot the bill across the state.
He is strong on lead and needs a physically able owner that can handle him and continue to muzzle train him.
Humans should also wear gloves and wash their hands frequently when caring for an animal that has visible sores on their muzzle, lips, or inner mouth to avoid Orf Virus transmission to themselves.
It’s a lot to take in — with flashes of blue, green, and red lighting up the battles like muzzle flashes and grenade explosions would in a military shooter — but it looks spectacular.
I would also consider situations where someone holding a real gun ignores every single normal precaution about muzzle awareness and trigger discipline to fall in that category.
Mentioning that Manipur is “predominantly a tribal state”, Soren said there has been “a complete silence and a desperate attempt by the Centre to sideline the issue” and “muzzle the voice of the media and the people”.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online news company have been cleared of tax evasion charges she said were part of a slew of legal cases used by former president Rodrigo Duterte to muzzle critical reporting.
Owners will need to register their pets, neuter and microchip them and keep them in a lead and muzzle when in public.