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Weapon - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Weapon : (noun)
1: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or
hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" [syn: arm,
weapon system]
2: a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his
conversational weapons" [syn: artillery]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Weapon : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Weapon |
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nhlspoiler: I have a new nickname for Wade Redden: "Canada's Secret Weapon." #stayingpositive |
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LeifNorman: Sadly, multiculturalism is used as an excuse to let religious zealots demand their anti scientific voices be heard. (Tool becomes Weapon) |
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shadowylynx: completed level 1 job mastery of "Repair a Weapon" in #TribesWar http://bit.ly/tSSOm |
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