Synonyms for rifle
ˈraɪ fəlri·fle

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1. rifleverb

   a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

   "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"

2. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

   Synonyms:
   foray, comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, reave, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, despoil, go, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

3. rifle, goverb

   go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

   "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, die, sound, get going, kick the bucket, run, plunder, function, lead, endure, plump, live, pass away, pillage, run short, survive, croak, live on, move, extend, conk, ransack, decease, become, run low, conk out, loot, break, proceed, last, despoil, give out, break down, go, depart, give way, hold up, snuff it, fit, pass, hold out, start, foray, fail, locomote, travel, blend, exit, perish, blend in, reave, cash in one's chips, expire, strip, go bad

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1. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, snatch away, carry off

2. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   rob, pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, fleece

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1. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, fleece, despoil, pillage, devastate

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1. List of paraphrases for "rifle":

   shotgun, gun, rifles, fusiliers, carabinieri, musket, venice, gat, weapon, carabineros, riflemen, riffle

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How to use rifle in a sentence?

1. Judy Hinson:

   My husband thinks it was just a random shot by some people in that area playing around with a rifle.

2. Mike Rounds:

   You can call any type of a series of different types of guns assault weapon, and suddenly then they become a demonized item, and then suddenly it sounds like we've done something. The reality is there's a whole lot of different types of weapons that can be utilized whether you're talking about a handgun, or you're talking about a shotgun, or you're talking about a rifle….

3. Christa Wolf:

   To become oneself, with all one's strength. Difficult. A bomb, a speech, a rifle shot -- and the world can look a different place. And then where is this self

4. Wayne LaPierre:

   National Rifle Association is well governed, financially solvent, and committed to good governance.

5. Peter King:

   It's sort of a knee-jerk reaction, the National Rifle Association is strongly opposed to it, and the fact is we have only a handful of Republican co-sponsors.