WEAPON Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of weapon

as in weaponry

something used to defend Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.

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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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Recent Examples of weapon

Noun

The congregants did not know that a man police say was driven by hatred had allegedly arrived with weapons and the capacity to cause mass casualties. — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Washington, for example, thinks that occasional attacks will ensure that Tehran can never fully regenerate its military or develop nuclear weapons. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 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

Noun

This rural Texas police department has, for no reason at all, a battle tank, evidence that surge in money and weaponry in the wake of 9/11 has these cops too excited to finally see some action.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
There’s the integration of artificial intelligence with military weaponry, which is a real thing that’s happening.

— Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of weaponry

Noun

Brennan said 75 percent of bids in Christie’s luxury auctions now arrive through its online tools.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Researchers found that the Windows branch could use PowerShell and other tools to eventually load malware directly into memory.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of tool

Verb

Ahmed doesn’t merely document the decisions that led President Biden and his aides to arm and rationalize what leading human rights organizations and legal scholars now consider a genocide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
The militarization of space is as old as the space race itself -- as soon as the USSR's Sputnik was launched into orbit as the first probe in space in 1957, Washington and Moscow began exploring ways to both arm and destroy satellites.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of arm

Noun

Some demonstrators cursed at police officers holding riot shields, while others yelled out as passing cars honked in support of the protest.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
There are also three shields on the top deck, high up where everyone can stare accusatorily at whoever is brazen enough to grab one.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of shield

Noun

Eisenberg streamlines the ingredients and steps, taking the will-it-or-won’t-it-scale guesswork out of baking recipes.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Chicken Mayonnaise, one of the South’s favorite ingredients, is the secret to ultra-tender chicken breasts in this easy-to-make recipe that only takes 15 minutes of active prep time, plus a 30-minute spin in the oven.

— Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ingredient

Verb

The initial phase comprises 50 AI satellites equipped with radar, optical and other sensors, designed to meet the needs of government users in France, Europe and the UAE, as well as commercial and sovereign customers worldwide.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
In Sacramento, there are no shelters equipped to receive homeless people released from the hospital system.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of equip

Noun

After trying out several basses in the showroom, Hsu, who specializes in Latin jazz, selects a top-of-the-line $39,000 instrument.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Dance movies marvelously translate primal emotions into motion, the human body becoming a supple instrument deftly communicating the pain, ecstasy and confusion of being alive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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