1
: something (such as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy
2
: a means of contending against another
Examples of weapon in a Sentence
Noun
assault with a deadly weapon
The pitcher's slider is his most effective weapon.
a new weapon in the fight against cancer
The mayor's campaign unleashed its secret weapon.
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Tony East, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Hamas was trying to retrofit unexploded Israeli ordinance from the war for its own weapons stockpiles, according to Tamir Heyman, the head of Israel's leading national security think tank, the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
The ghost can't speak, and can only confirm whether a player has guessed the right person, place, or weapon with a knock.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Their bench, which was a weapon down the stretch of the 2023-24 season and a useful group in the playoffs, has been struggling of late.
—Tony East, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Hamas was trying to retrofit unexploded Israeli ordinance from the war for its own weapons stockpiles, according to Tamir Heyman, the head of Israel's leading national security think tank, the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
The ghost can't speak, and can only confirm whether a player has guessed the right person, place, or weapon with a knock.
—WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weapon. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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