Definitions for SUBMACHINE
sub·ma·chine

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1. submachinenoun

   A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right

2. submachineadjective

   Of or pertaining to a submachine gun

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1. submachine

   A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-"). As a machine gun must fire rifle cartridges to be classified as such, submachine guns are not considered machine guns. The submachine gun was developed during World War I (1914–1918) as a close quarter offensive weapon, mainly for trench raiding. At its peak during World War II (1939–1945), millions of SMGs were made for use by regular troops, clandestine commandos, and partisans alike. After the war, new SMG designs appeared frequently. However, by the 1980s and 1990s, SMG usage decreased. Today, submachine guns have been largely replaced by assault rifles, which have a longer effective range and are capable of penetrating the helmets and body armor used by modern infantry. However, submachine guns are still used by military special forces and police SWAT teams for close-quarters battle (CQB) because they are "a pistol-caliber weapon that's easy to control, and less likely to overpenetrate the target".

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SUBMACHINE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SUBMACHINE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of SUBMACHINE in a Sentence

1. Chris Norman:

   I saw a man with what I think was an AK-47 -- anyway, it was some kind of machine gun or submachine gun, my first reaction was to sit down and hide. Then I heard one guy, an American, say, 'Go get him' and I heard another American say, 'Don't you do that, buddy' or something like that.

2. Jeremiah Millertold:

   This made me stand up and actually look out the entrance door, and I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open, i immediately ducked down and got scared and my friend’s mother, she came in and told us to get inside the car.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Submachine
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine