English noun: weapon |
1. | weapon (artifact) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting |
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| Samples | He was licensed to carry a weapon.
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| Synonyms | arm, weapon system |
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| Broader (hypernym) | instrument |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blade, bow, bow and arrow, brand, brass knuckles, brass knucks, fire ship, flamethrower, Greek fire, gun, hatchet, knife, knuckle duster, knuckles, knucks, lance, light arm, missile, missile, pike, projectile, shaft, slasher, sling, spear, steel, stun baton, stun gun, sword, tomahawk, W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction, WMD |
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| Part meronym | arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system |
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2. | weapon (communication) a means of persuading or arguing |
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| Samples | He used all his conversational weapons.
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| Synonyms | artillery |
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| Broader (hypernym) | persuasion, suasion |
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