Definitions
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- noun A modern
combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallicpellets launched from a compressed-air gun
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you wish to get involved in airsoft my recommendation is to become a forum member at www. fresnoairsoft.com, we have regular games conducted on provate property in accordance with local law, we have members of the armed forces, both active and retired, law enforcement and military dependants that play.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Which airsoft is the best for small wars/big backyard games?
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Doing that with airsoft is even worse; it actually leaves welts.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Well that’s one use for Paintballs I had not considered. 2007
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So-called "airsoft" guns that shoot lower-speed plastic pellets are also subject to federal color requirements that they have an orange collar on the muzzle or transparent or neon-colored bodies.
The Center for Public Integrity: Fatal Texas shooting highlights struggle to regulate replica guns The Center for Public Integrity 2012
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The group uses compressed-air guns — known as airsoft guns, which fire tiny plastic pellets — in the training exercises, and sometimes they shoot real guns on a closed range.
Boy Scouts depict US Iraq vets as terrorists in bizarre paramilitary training for teenage Scouts 2009
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The group uses compressed-air guns — known as airsoft guns, which fire tiny plastic pellets — in the training exercises, and sometimes they shoot real guns on a closed range.
Boy Scouts depict US Iraq vets as terrorists in bizarre paramilitary training for teenage Scouts 2009
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A federal law requires toy firearms and so-called airsoft guns - low-impact weapons used by the police in training and by hobbyists in outdoor games - to have an orange tip at the end of the barrel.
NYT > Home Page By MANNY FERNANDEZ 2012
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So-called "airsoft" guns that shoot lower-speed plastic pellets are also subject to federal color requirements that they have an orange collar on the muzzle or transparent or neon-colored bodies.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Center for Public Integrity 2012
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A federal law requires toy firearms and so-called airsoft guns - low-impact weapons used by the police in training and by hobbyists in outdoor games - to have an orange tip at the end of the barrel.
NYT > Global Home By MANNY FERNANDEZ 2012
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The group uses compressed-air guns - known as airsoft guns, which fire tiny plastic pellets - in the training exercises, and sometimes they shoot real guns on a closed range.
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