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bristle with sth phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
to have a large amount of something, or to be full of something
The helicopter hovered above them bristling with machine guns.
(Definition of bristle with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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