Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extremely large, cannonlike gun designed to shoot projectiles over long distances or to launch satellites and spacecraft into orbit without a propulsion or guidance system, as is needed with a missile.
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- noun A very large
cannon with an extremely highmuzzle velocity and largebore .
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Examples
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Destroying the supergun was a cinch - Fiona, my Ex-Ops handler, had given me some intel on another artillery piece overlooking the first gun.
Archive 2005-04-01 neil h 2005
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Destroying the supergun was a cinch - Fiona, my Ex-Ops handler, had given me some intel on another artillery piece overlooking the first gun.
Mercenaries neil h 2005
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While Saddam pursued his program to produce missiles and weapons of mass destruction as well as a "supergun" that could hit Tel Aviv, and threatened to "make the fire eat up half of Israel" if Israel attacked his country, visiting senators and US diplomats continued to assure him that the United States wanted good relations with him.
The Prospect of War Urquhart, Brian 2002
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Grecian, who has been described as the man who blew the whistle on Saddam Hussein's "supergun", was convicted on similar charges in the United Kingdom in 1992.
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- What will be the effect on migrating birds by frequent "supergun" firings? report abuse
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This is also an effective weapon, remember the Iraqi supergun?
Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) | Universe Today 2010
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Sadaam had already attacked Israel, I am sure you can remember the scuds and had made no secret of his ambitions to annihilate them, had tried to make a supergun and whether we found them or not, I have no doubt he was trying hard to get his weapons of MD ---- in these circumstances is it surprising that Israel might have wanted him unseated?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The reliable, affordable 10/22 regularly morphs into a supergun, but millions of them are still being used to shoot squirrels and tin cans.
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Hot new .22: Read about Remington's new supergun, the Model 504 -- the best bolt-action sporter in years -- online at fieldandstream. com.
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• An assembled supergun, components for four other such guns and one ton of propellant;
DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000
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