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double-barrelled

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Adjective

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
  2. Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
  3. Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).
  4. Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).

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