Definitions for semi-automatic
se·mi-au·to·mat·ic

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1. semi-automaticnoun

   A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.

2. semi-automaticnoun

   A semi-automatic transmission

3. semi-automaticadjective

   Partially automatic.

4. semi-automaticadjective

   Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of semi-automatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of semi-automatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of semi-automatic in a Sentence

1. President Biden:

   The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it has no socially redeeming value… Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers.

2. Greg Bretzing:

   On at least two occasions, Finicum reaches his right hand toward a pocket ... on his jacket, he did have a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in that pocket.

3. Alvin Bragg:

   In addition to being the first Black district attorney, I think I'll probably be the first district attorney who's had police point a gun at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney who's had a homicide victim on his doorstop. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a loved one reenter from incarceration and stay with him, and I'm going to govern from that perspective.

4. Jeff Flake:

   Fully automatic weapons have been justifiably illegal for civilian use for over 30 years. Any device which circumvents that law by increasing a weapon’s rate of fire from semi-automatic to fully automatic ought to be illegal as well, i am encouraged by the president’s directive... to regulate these devices, but a temporary regulatory fix is no substitute for permanent law.

5. Alvin Bragg:

   We have a time where we have both violence rising and incarceration, and the goal is to simultaneously reduce both, i had a shooting on my block a month ago, I've had a knife to my neck, I've had a semi-automatic weapon to my head, I know these issues intimately. So what we are doing is not working, plain and simple and this is our path forward. This is how we reduce violent crime the most.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic