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- noun Plural form of
muzzle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
muzzle .
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Examples
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Two of those 7-inch muzzles were real muzzles, that is, black-tarred wood like the others, but they were hollow so we could train a bomb-lance whaling-gun through them, one to each side.
Sonnie-Boy's People 1912
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Mr. Inhofe in a statement called the Fairness Doctrine "a serious threat to free speech" and warned it "muzzles" the expression of opinion.
TVBizwire 2009
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So we did that - Jim, I, and my mother - three only children suddenly thrust into the midst of a large family Christmas, complete with toddlers running pantless through the dining room and large dogs escaping with muzzles full of ham.
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I run a bore snake dry, through after every ten or so shots and store muzzles down on a carpeted foor in my safes, with either a snap cap in chamber or deactuated firing pin position.
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So we did that - Jim, I, and my mother - three only children suddenly thrust into the midst of a large family Christmas, complete with toddlers running pantless through the dining room and large dogs escaping with muzzles full of ham.
Aftermath 2009
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The muzzles of many guns were rising from the hips.
Chapter 11 2010
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Then we looked at the muzzles of his gun, and one of the extended tubes was gone.
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I run a bore snake dry, through after every ten or so shots and store muzzles down on a carpeted foor in my safes, with either a snap cap in chamber or deactuated firing pin position.
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Wikileaks – Germany muzzles WikiLeaks, April 9, 2009
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Not just because he was awfully hungry, but because pistol muzzles are unpleasant things to stare at.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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