English > weapon: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting. |
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| Example | "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
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| Synonyms | arm, weapon system |
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| Part of | weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition | weapons considered collectively |
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| Narrower | Greek fire | A mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries |
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| bow | A weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow |
| bow and arrow | A weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them |
| brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckles, knuckle duster | A small metal weapon |
| fire ship | A weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy / enemy ships |
| flamethrower | A weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards |
| gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
| knife | A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point |
| light arm | A rifle or pistol |
| missile | A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives |
| pike | Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff |
| projectile, missile | A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
| slasher | A weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing / slashing |
| sling | A simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released |
| spear, lance, shaft | A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon |
| stun gun, stun baton | A weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock |
| sword, blade, brand, steel | A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
| tomahawk, hatchet | weapon consisting of a fighting ax |
| weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D. | A weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
| Broader | instrument | A device that requires skill for proper use |
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| Spanish | arma |
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| Catalan | arma |
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| Verbs | weaponize | make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon |
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