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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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