Our enemies were caught unprepared and we disposed of them without firing a single shot.

我们打了它个措手不及，一枪没放就把他们收拾掉了。

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Characteristic of all assault rifles, a selector level allows the shooter to choose between automatic (continuous firing) and semi-automatic (single-shot firing).

突击步枪共有的特点是，分配器手柄可以让射手在全自动(连续发射)和半自动(单发发射)之间进行选择。

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Without firing a single shot.

没有费一枪一弹。

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Mr. Pride chose to shoot, firing a single shot that killed Officer Peter Figoski in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2011, prosecutor Kenneth Taub told a jury on the first day of a joint murder trial against Mr. Pride and Michael Valez, the alleged getaway driver that night.

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In one famous raid in late 2003, Petraeus' forces arrested some three dozen insurgents firing just a single shot.

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Earlier this week Wilson posted a video online showing a single shot being fired from "The Liberator, " a plastic handgun that, with the exception of a metal firing pin and a piece of metal included to comply with the Undetectable Firearms Act, was assembled entirely from parts made with a 3-D printer.

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