Weapon

Noun

 * 1) an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. a gun, missile, or sword
 * 2) an instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:weapon

Adjectives for Weapon
slight; spiritual; enticing; ancipital; lethal; unsheathed; respectable; resistless; fierce; habitual; mimic; economic; inadequate; ceremonial; saintly; climatic; pitiless; prohibited; keen; formidable; devastating; ghastly; idle; defensive; fatal; blood-tipped ; effective; primitive; death-dealing; trusty; lavish; dripping; heroic; dangerous; imperial; competent.

Verbs for Weapon
brandish—; conceal—; devise—; discredit —; display—; draw—; flourish—; forge—; furnish with—; resort to—; scorn—; sheathe —; stroke—; shield from—; temper—; wield—; wrest—; —s clang; —s clash; — cracks; —s crash; —flashes; —intimidates; —roars; —coerces.

Thesaurus
A-weapons, armament, arms, biological weapons, conventional weapons, cutting edge, deadly weapons, edge, edge tool, featheredge, instruments of destruction, knife-edge, missilery, munitions, musketry, nuclear weapons, ordnance, razor-edge, side arms, small arms, thermonuclear weapons, weaponry, weapons

Etymology
Old English wæpen

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܙܝܢܐ (zaynā’)
 * Hebrew: זינא (zaynā’)
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 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: mboka (firearm)
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 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: armo
 * Indonesian: senjata
 * Ido: armo
 * Indonesian: senjata


 * Interlingua: arma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 武器 (ぶき, buki); 兵器 (へいき, heiki)
 * Khmer: គ្រឿងអាវុធ, អាវុធ
 * Korean: 무기 (mugi)
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ierocis, ieroči
 * Lithuanian: ginklas
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 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: оружје
 * Roman: oružje, zbran
 * Slovene: orožje
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: silaha
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: hų́łoliną
 * Telugu: ఆయుధం (aayudham)
 * Thai: (aawóot)
 * Tupinambá: popesûara
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: arf, erfyn
 * West Frisian: wapen
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: arf, erfyn
 * West Frisian: wapen


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 * Swahili: vilaha