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1. (n.) weapon
any instrument or device used for attack or defense in a fight or in combat.
2. weapon
anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim:
the weapon of satire.
3. weapon
any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings.
4. (v.t.) weapon
to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wepen, OE wæmacr;pen, c. OS wāpan, OHG wāf(f)an, ON vāpn, Go wepna (pl.))
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| Definition of 'weapon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) weapon, arm, weapon system
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
"he was licensed to carry a weapon"
2. (noun) weapon, artillery
a means of persuading or arguing
"he used all his conversational weapons"
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1. (noun) weapon
an object used to fight
guns, knives, and other weapons; nuclear/chemical weapons
2. weapon
sth you use to try to gain an advantage
Spreading information about the disease is our best weapon.
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| Definition of 'weapon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) weapon
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
2. (noun) weapon
fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon
3. (noun) weapon
a thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished
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Sense: any instrument or means which is used for one's own defence or for attacking others
Rifles, arrows, atom bombs and tanks are all weapons; The police are looking for the murder weapon; Surprise is our best weapon.
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Afrikaans: wapen |
Arabic: سِلاح |
Bulgarian: оръжие |
Brazilian: arma |
Czech: zbraň |
German: die Waffe |
Danish: våben |
Greek: όπλο |
Spanish: arma |
Estonian: relv |
Farsi: سلاح |
Finnish: ase |
French: arme |
Hebrew: כְּלִי נֶשֶק |
Hindi: हथियार |
Croatian: oružje |
Hungarian: fegyver |
Indonesian: senjata |
Icelandic: vopn |
Italian: arma |
Japanese: 武器 |
Korean: 무기 |
Lithuanian: ginklas |
Latvian: ierocis |
Malay: senjata |
Dutch: wapen |
Norwegian: våpen |
Polish: broń |
Persian: سلاح |
Pashto: وسله، درسته ( اسلحه) ، حر |
Portuguese: arma |
Romanian: armă |
Russian: оружие |
Slovak: zbraň |
Slovenian: orožje |
Serbian: oružje |
Swedish: vapen |
Thai: อาวุธ |
Turkish: silâh |
Taiwanese: 武器 |
Ukrainian: зброя |
Urdu: ہتھیار |
Vietnamese: vũ khí |
Chinese: 武器 |
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