# rifled

Pronunciation: say "RY-fuhld" /ˈɹaɪfəld/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of rifle. — simple past and past participle of rifle
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of rifle. Use this form when talking about searching or robbing a place in the past.
   - _The thieves rifled the desk and scattered papers across the floor._
   - _Investigators found that the safe had been rifled overnight._

## Adjective

2. Cut with spiral grooves on the inside of a gun bore that make a fired bullet spin in flight, improving its range and accuracy.
   - Simple: Made with spiral grooves cut inside the gun barrel that spin the bullet as it flies, so it travels straighter and farther.
   - _The rifled barrel gave the weapon far greater accuracy at long range._
   - _Soldiers traded their old smoothbores for rifled muskets that grouped shots tightly._

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