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multibarreled adjective[ before noun ] military USspecialized(UKmulti-barrelled)us/ˌmʌl.tiˈber.əld//ˌmʌl.taɪˈber.əld/uk /ˌmʌl.tiˈbær.əld/ Multibarreled weapons have several barrels(= parts shaped like tubes) from which bullets, etc. are fired. : The rockets are generally fired from multibarreled launchers, although they can also be fired singly. multibarreled anti-aircraft guns Synonym
multi-barrelspecialized They came under fire from multibarreled rocket launchers. The new weapon was a multibarreled rocket launcher that hurled missiles in rapid succession from an adapted truck. Fighters besieging the city poured fire from multibarreled rocket launchers onto the battered suburb. These were high-powered, multibarreled machine guns intended to repel attackers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Arms & munitions in general air-to-air air-to-ground ammo ammunition anti-aircraft chain mail chemical weapon conventional denuclearize gunship mustard gas offensively ordnance poison gas sarin stab vest weaponry weapons of mass destruction weapons-grade WMDs |