Thesaurus: 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.
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Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
- n. A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
- n. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
- n. a means of persuading or arguing
- n:100 n. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting n. a means of persuading or arguing