weapon 1 of 2

noun

Definition of weaponnext
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as in weaponry
something used to defend Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.

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as in tool
a person or thing that is used to produce a result Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest.

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weapon

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verb

as in to arm

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Recent Examples of weapon
Noun
Though the drone was programmed to travel to a particular gas station by human operators, its final target mostly likely was selected by the weapon’s own internal system. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Syria was also the land bridge for Iranian weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. — Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
Disneyland visitors who have always wanted to try the $250 lightsaber building experience in Savi’s Workshop without footing the bill or having to lug the Jedi Knight weapon all over the Anaheim theme park will now get their chance. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 22 May 2026 Potentially, starting as a kickoff/coverage teams weapon — 15 career tackles covering punts. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weapon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapon
  1. weaponry
  2. tool
  3. arm
  4. shield
  5. ingredient
  6. equip
  7. instrument
  8. reequip
Noun
  • Impressed Goodness, does this offense have impressive weaponry for Johnson to play with.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Ahmad described the challenges of providing care at a Gaza hospital full of people wounded by military weaponry.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of weaponry
Noun
  • The New York Times has approved AI tools across its editorial and product teams and built an internal summarization tool called Echo, while barring staff from using AI to draft or substantially revise an article.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The team hired Moonshot to monitor online threats against its players – using tools that Moonshot developed a decade ago for national security purposes.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of tool
Verb
  • Also on Wednesday, Salesforce announced a plugin for Anthropic's Claude that can compose emails on behalf of salespeople, arm them with information and update records through chat.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Wise leaders create cultures that arm employees with the capacity, authority, and encouragement to deliver customer experiences with a surprise.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of arm
Noun
  • An adult purple gallinule has a bright purple and green body with a pale blue marking that resembles a shield above its red and yellow bill.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of shield
Noun
  • In a medium bowl whisk together next seven ingredients (through vanilla).
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026
  • For those who are intimately familiar with the Pisco Sour, the list of ingredients may raise an eyebrow.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ingredient
Verb
  • Charo urged the government to ensure that hospitals are well-equipped to handle complications during childbirth, and to not leave frantic families waiting for information.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Whether supporting the Trident missile or other systems throughout the fleet, NSWC Corona’s work equips sailors with the confidence to trust their systems — empowering them to deliver peace through strength when the nation depends on them most.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of equip
Noun
  • When a buyback operation retires $4 billion of 30-year bonds, that borrowing need grows by $4 billion, and with coupon auction sizes frozen, the marginal instrument is the bill.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • That’s exactly what happened with money market funds, another savings instrument that the banks fought using questionable arguments, only to be proven wrong.
    — Omid Malekan, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of instrument
Verb
  • The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In the meantime, the first Ukrainian brigade fully to reequip with Western tanks probably will ride in Leopard 1A5s from the mid-1980s.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
Definition of reequip

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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapon. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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