Answer to "___ rifle" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASSAULT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2015.

___ rifle crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ASSAULT	50 %	7
GARAND	50 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: ___ rifle

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• strip
• foray
• reave
• ransack
• pillage
• plunder
• loot
• despoil
• go
• gun
• firearm
• shotgun

Crossword Answer definitions

ASSAULT noun

1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like
3. An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
4. The crime whose action is such an attempt.
5. An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
6. The tort whose action is such an act.
7. A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

ASSAULT verb

1. To attack, physically or figuratively.
2. To threaten or harass.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result ASSAULT

• Blitzkrieg bop?
• Onslaught
• 1946 Triple Crown horse
• Battery mate?
• Violent crime
• Type of rifle
• Violent attack
• Battery's partner
• Battery mate
• Attack

More clues leading to the result GARAND

• M-1 rifle inventor
• Inventor of Army's new automatic rifle.
• Inventor of our Army's new automatic rifle.
• U.S. Army M-1 rifle, .30 caliber.
• Semi-automatic Army rifle.
• GI Joe's pal.
• GI rifle.
• ___ rifle.
• Standard rifle for all NATO ground forces.
• U. S. Army rifle.