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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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as in to arm
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Recent Examples of weapon
ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
At times, the use of rape as a weapon of war in Congo has drawn global condemnation.
—Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
This interoperability unifies the fragmented gaming ecosystem, enabling a character or weapon to move seamlessly from one game.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Ars confirmed this during some quick testing, using a mod uploaded in 2008 to easily add high-end weapons and armor to the opening jail cell scene in the Remastered version.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
At times, the use of rape as a weapon of war in Congo has drawn global condemnation.
—Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
The products therefore become a good talking point for the sales associates and weapon to help fight the conversion challenge, according to Vuchot.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
This interoperability unifies the fragmented gaming ecosystem, enabling a character or weapon to move seamlessly from one game.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapon
Noun
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In Jaipur, Vance said India could buy more American weaponry and highlighted the prospects for U.S. energy companies in India.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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And according to the Kiel Institute, which monitors aid to Ukraine, European countries have provided even more aid to Ukraine than the US – first by using their own existing arsenals and then by procuring weaponry from Western defense industries.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An assignment in my class asked students to engage one of the new A.I. tools in a conversation about the history of attention.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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The supplements are a crucial tool for averting malnutrition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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Learn more about some recent discoveries: Venomous creature — armed with neurotoxin — found in Oman for first time.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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Once again taking a deft low-key approach to a sturdy script (this time by Sean Farley), and armed with engaging lead performances from Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Skiles has crafted another accessibly offbeat not-quite-genre item.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Golden Dome would be very different than Israel's Iron Dome Trump's speech to Congress and his executive order have both referenced Israel's Iron Dome missile shield.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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Even her accessories were theatrical—like her spiked Balenciaga dad cap, and futuristic shield shades.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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Ketchup is also a key ingredient for topping our meatloaf and flavoring our baked beans.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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The key ingredients to effective just-in-time inclusion efforts are the right people, at the right time, with the right message, and from the right messenger.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The test facility is equipped with a dozen jet fans, each almost as tall as the workers who run them and powerful enough to simulate a Category 5 hurricane.—
Amal Elawady,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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The vacuum is also equipped with a high-efficiency filter and a handy dustbin that can be emptied with the push of a button.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Plopping down on its four landing legs, the spacecraft delivered ten science instruments and technology demonstration gear through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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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
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapon. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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