Sawn-off in a sentence as an adjective

Sniper rifle type of situation, you should think of it as a sawn-off shotgun vs. regular shotgun type of deal.

Some will want to rob the bank by tunnelling quietly into the vault at night, some will want to walk through the front door with a sawn-off shotgun.

Here in Glasgow, it's relatively popular to use a sawn-off golf club as an impromptu spear. However, it shouldn't be up to a private company to regulate that.

Handguns are about a million times easier to hide than a rifle, or even a sawn-off shotgun. Having this bulky, visible weapon hanging off of your back is an automatic deterrent to crime.

In this regard, publishing it is a bit like distributing sawn-off shotguns, which are generally illegal regardless of what's being done with them.

Sawn-off definitions

adjective

well below average height

See also: pint-size pint-sized runty sawed-off

adjective

cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"

See also: sawed-off shortened