weapon

  • 11weapon — n. 1) to load a weapon 2) to fire a weapon 3) to brandish; carry; draw; handle a weapon 4) to calibrate; zero in a weapon 5) to lay down, throw down one s weapons 6) a concealed; deadly weapon 7) automatic; defensive; heavy; light; offensive;… …

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  • 12Weapon P.R.I.M.E. — Superteambox imagesize= caption= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= X Force #11 (July, 1992) creators=Rob Liefeld Mark Pacella base=Department K members=Double Trouble KillJoy (aka KillSpree) Tygerstryke Yeti Garrison Kane Grizzly G. W. Bridge Rictor …

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  • 13weapon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, lethal, potent, powerful ▪ He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. ▪ non lethal ▪ dangerous …

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  • 14weapon — 01. Throw down your [weapons], and surrender! 02. The first nuclear [weapon] used in wartime was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in 1945. 03. He was carrying a number of [weapons], including an automatic rifle. 04. Our country manufactures many… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15weapon — weap|on W2S2 [ˈwepən] n [: Old English; Origin: wApen] 1.) something that you use to fight with or attack someone with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun nuclear/chemical/biological/atomic etc weapons ▪ The police are still looking for the murder… …

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  • 16weapon */*/*/ — UK [ˈwepən] / US noun [countable] Word forms weapon : singular weapon plural weapons 1) an object that can be used to hurt people or damage property, for example a gun, knife, or bomb The murder weapon still hasn t been found. carry a weapon: The …

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  • 17weapon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An instrument for combat] Syn. armament, protection, weaponry, deadly weapon, hardware, sophisticated hardware, lethal weapon, defense. Weapons include: club, spear,… …

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  • 18weapon — weap|on [ wepən ] noun count *** 1. ) an object that can be used to hurt people or damage property, for example a gun, knife, or bomb: The murder weapon still hasn t been found. weapons of mass destruction (=weapons that can kill a very large… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19weapon — [[t]we̱pən[/t]] ♦♦ weapons 1) N COUNT A weapon is an object such as a gun, a knife, or a missile, which is used to kill or hurt people in a fight or a war. ...nuclear weapons. 2) N COUNT A weapon is something such as knowledge about a particular… …

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  • 20weapon — An instrument of offensive or defensive combat, or anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, threatening, or injuring a person. The term is chiefly used, in law, in the statutes prohibiting the carrying or using of… …

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