weapon

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈwɛp.ən/]

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1. weapon (noun) — sense 1

Definition: An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.

Example: The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.

2. weapon (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

Example: Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

3. weapon (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A tool of any kind.

Example: Choose your weapon.

4. weapon (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To equip with a weapon; to arm.

Example: […] the friends of the country and of the equal rights of all men, the friends of enfranchising the black man and of weaponing his hand for defense; the friends of taking the governments of these rebel States out of the hands of their rebel possessors, […]

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