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  2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Pew-pew or pew-pew-pew, the sound of a laser gun in science fiction [3] Shrrm, the sound of a lightsaber being ignited; Snikt, the sound of Wolverine's claws being extended; Thwip, the sound that Spider-Man's web shooters make; Vwoop, the sound of an Enderman from Minecraft teleporting; Vworp, the sound the TARDIS makes when it materializes

  3. The View From the Back Office - AOL

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    I can sell you an 80-percent gun, ... James Bond movies—a discreet “pew! pew!”—Americans have to jump through bureaucratic ... the suppressors do reduce the sound, but they do not ...

  4. Schräge Musik - Wikipedia

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    Closeup of the Foster mounting with a Lewis machine gun on an S.E.5a; the gun slid down the curved rail for upward firing and to reload the gun's circular pan magazine The pilots of Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 night fighters, after trying various schemes for attacking the Zeppelin raiders of 1915–1916, hit on the idea of firing a mixture of ...

  5. Artillery sound ranging - Wikipedia

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    The sound ranging operators used equipment that augmented human hearing. Using the gun flash, the flash crew would determine a bearing to the gun using a theodolite or transit. The sound detection crew would determine the difference in time between the gun flash and the sound of the gun, which was used to determine the range of the gun.

  6. Muzzle blast - Wikipedia

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    The audible sound of a gun discharging, also known as the muzzle report or gunfire, may have two sources: the muzzle blast itself, which manifests as a loud and brief "pop" or "bang", and any sonic boom produced by a transonic or supersonic projectile, which manifest as a sharp whip-like crack that persists a bit longer.

  7. Sonic weapon - Wikipedia

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    High-amplitude sound of a specific pattern at a frequency close to the sensitivity peak of human hearing (2–3 kHz) is used as a burglar deterrent. [ 6 ] Some police forces have used sound cannons against protesters, for example during the 2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit , [ 7 ] the 2014 Ferguson unrest , [ 8 ] and the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline ...

  8. Help:Pronunciation respelling key - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, the IPA (being designed to represent sounds from any language in the world) is not as intuitive for those chiefly familiar with English orthography, for whom this respelling system is likely to be easier for English words and names. So, while the IPA is the required form of representing pronunciation, respelling remains optional.

  9. OTs-02 Kiparis - Wikipedia

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    The Kiparis is supplied with a proprietary sound suppressor [1] with a service life of approximately 6,000 rounds, the same service life as the barrel. The OTS-02 Kiparis can also accommodate a red dot sight or a tactical laser pointer which clips on forward of the magazine housing in such a way that the bottom of the laser aiming device can ...