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ən noun
1.
any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
2.
anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim: the deadly weapon of satire.
3.
Zoology. any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings.
verb (used with object)
4.
to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weapon aircraft with heat-seeking missiles.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wǣpen; cognate with German Waffe, Old Norse vāpn, Gothic wēpna (plural)
before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wǣpen; cognate with German Waffe, Old Norse vāpn, Gothic wēpna (plural)
Related forms
weap·oned, adjective
weap·on·less, adjective
out·weap·oned, adjective
su·per·weap·on, noun
un·weap·oned, adjective
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weapon (ˈwɛpən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an object or instrument used in fighting |
| 2. | anything that serves to outwit or get the better of an opponent: his power of speech was his best weapon |
| 3. | any part of an animal that is used to defend itself, to attack prey, etc, such as claws, teeth, horns, or a sting |
| 4. | a slang word for penis |
| [Old English wǣpen; related to Old Norse vápn, Old Frisian wēpen, Old High German wāffan] | |
| 'weaponed | |
| —adj | |
| 'weaponless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
weapon
O.E. wæpen "instrument of fighting and defense," from P.Gmc. *wæpnan (cf. O.S. wapan, O.N. vapn, Dan. vaaben, O.Fris. wepin, M.Du. wapen, O.H.G. waffen, Ger. wafen (neut.), waffe (fem.)), from *webno-m, of unknown origin with no cognates outside Gmc.
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Example sentences
Thorium is much ore difficult to convert to weapons grade stuff, too.
They may lack the immediate gruesome effects of chemical weapons or the sheer destructive power of the atomic bomb.
So these early hunters were killing mastodons and turning them into weapons for killing more mastodons.
Knives have also been used, not only for eating but as tools and weapons, since prehistoric times.
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