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Weapon

Weapon Meaning & Definition
Weapon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Weapon?

[n] instrument used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
[n] a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Weapon: arm | artillery | weapon system

Related Terms | Find terms related to Weapon:

See Also | arms | blade | bow | bow and arrow | brand | brass knuckles | brass knucks | fire ship | flamethrower | Greek fire | gun | hatchet | implements of war | instrument | knife | knuckle duster | knuckles | knucks | lance | missile | munition | nuclear weapon | persuasion | pike | projectile | shaft | spear | steel | suasion | sword | tomahawk | weaponry | weapons system

Weapon In Webster's Dictionary

\Weap"on\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w?pen; akin to OS. w?pan, OFries. w?pin, w?pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[=a]fan, Icel. v[=a]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w?pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Wapentake}.] 1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4. They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton. 2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. ``Woman's weapons, water drops.'' --Shak. 3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. {Concealed weapons}. See under {Concealed}. {Weapon salve}, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle.

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