Topic: WEAPONS
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air rifle
air-to-air
ammo
ammunition
anti-aircraft
anti-personnel
anti-tank
armament
armoured car
armourer
armour-plated
arrow
arrowhead
arsenal
artillery
atomic bomb
automatic
ballistic missile
ballistics
bandolier
barbed
barrage
barrage balloon
barrel
battering ram
battery
bayonet(n)
bayonet(v)
bazooka
BB gun
blank
blaze
blowpipe
bludgeon
blunderbuss
bolt
bomb
bomber
bombing
bomb scare
booby trap
boom
bore
bow
brass knuckles
broadsword
buckshot
bullet
bullet-proof
butt
caisson
calibre
canister
cannon
cannonball
carbine
cartridge
catapult
chain mail
chamber
charge
chemical warfare
chemical weapon
clip
cluster bomb
cock
Colt
conventional
cordite
cosh
crossbow
cruise missile
CS gas
cudgel
cutlass
cut-throat razor
dagger
dart
decommission
detonator
device
dirk
disarm
discharge
dismount
double-barrelled
duel(n)
duel(v)
dum-dum
elevation
emplacement
equalizer
firearm
firebomb
flak
flame thrower
flick knife
forty-five
fusillade
fusion bomb
gauge
germ warfare
grenade
guidance
guided missile
gun
gun carriage
gunner
gunnery
gunpowder
gun-running
gunshot
haft
hair trigger
halberd
hammer
hand grenade
handgun
H-bomb
heat-seeking
heavy
hilt
holster
homing device
howitzer
hydrogen bomb
ICBM
incendiary
Kalashnikov
knuckle-duster
lance
landmine
live
longbow
long-range
mace
machete
machine gun
magazine
magnum
marksman
marksmanship
megaton
misfire
missile
mortar
munitions
mushroom cloud
musket
mustard gas
muzzle
napalm
nerve gas
nightstick
nitroglycerine
non-proliferation
nosecone
nuclear
nuke(v)
nuke(n)
ordnance
parry
payload
pepper
pike
pistol
plastic explosive
poison gas
pommel
pound
prime
primer
projectile
propellant
quarterstaff
ramrod
range
rapid-fire
rapier
rearm
recoil
repeater
report
revolver
rifle
rocket
round
rubber bullet
sabre
safety catch
sawn-off shotgun
scabbard
scimitar
semi-automatic
shaft
sheathe
shell(n)
shell(v)
shield
shooter
shot
shotgun
shrapnel
sidearm
sight
silencer
silo
six-shooter
slash
sling
slingshot
slug
smart bomb
smoke bomb
smokescreen
snipe
sniper
spear(n)
spear(v)
Sten gun
stockpile(n)
stockpile(v)
stun gun
submachine gun
surface-to-air missile
surface-to-surface missile
swordsmanship
tank
tear gas
thermonuclear
time bomb
tommy gun
torpedo(n)
torpedo(v)
tracer
trident
trigger
truncheon
unload
volley(n)
volley(v)
warhead
water cannon
weapon
weaponry
| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | wæpen |
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weap‧on S2 W2
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[countable]1PMW something that you use to fight with or attack someone with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun
lethal/deadly weapon (=one that can kill)
2 an action, piece of information, piece of equipment etc that you can use to win or be successful in doing something :
a new weapon in the fight against AIDS
Right now, she felt the need of every weapon in her armoury (=weapon that she had), including surprise.
a new weapon in the fight against AIDS
Right now, she felt the need of every weapon in her armoury (=weapon that she had), including surprise.