weapon — ozdic

Collocations

16

1

(noun.)

ADJ

deadly, lethal, potent, powerful

The police discovered a lethal weapon hidden in the suspect's garage.

effective, useful

heavy, light

The soldiers carried light weapons during the patrol through the city.

automatic | atomic, biological, chemical, nuclear

offensive, strategic, tactical

The government decided to ban the use of strategic weapons in the peace agreement.

murder

ultimate

Patience is often considered the ultimate weapon in difficult negotiations.

secret

Her ability to remember everyone's name was her secret weapon in business negotiations.

VERB + WEAPON

be armed with, carry, have | deploy, fire, use

use sth as

During the protest, the activists used social media as a weapon to spread their message.

aim, point

WEAPON + NOUN

system

technology

The government invested millions in developing advanced weapon technology to strengthen national defense.

PREP

~ against

Education is our most powerful weapon against poverty and inequality.

Definitions

noun

1

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

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

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

2

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

Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

3

A tool of any kind.

Choose your weapon.

4

An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.

5

A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.

It has a whopping 5.4-litre V8, with a supercharger bolted to the top of it to help low-end pulling power. In short, it's a weapon and will happily dust a Porsche as easy as brushing your teeth.

We played Endless Heights' record release show earlier this year and during their set Christian from Endless Heights' lung collapsed, but he finished the set like an absolute weapon.

verb

1

To equip with a weapon; to arm.

[…] 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, […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or huntin

arm

noun — a means of persuading or arguing

artillery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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

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02

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centur

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03

Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

Wiktionary

04

[…] 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 rebe

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05

The fingerprints left on the weapon correspond with the suspect's.

Tatoeba · #19248

06

A good memory is his weapon.

Tatoeba · #20211

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, weapon is marked as informal, derogatory, slang, humorous, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.