weapon

weap·on

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This hunter is using a gun as his weapon.

noun

The definition of a weapon is a tool used to injure or kill in fighting or hunting.

An example of a weapon is a gun.

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weapon

an instrument or device of any kind designed or used to injure or kill, as in fighting or hunting
any organ or part of an organism used for attacking or defending
any means of attack or defense: the weapon of the law

Origin of weapon

Middle English wepen from Old English wæpen, akin to German waffe, Old Norse v?pn, Gothic w?pna: base found only in Germanic

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weapon

noun

An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword.
Zoology A part or organ, such as a claw or stinger, used by an animal in attack or defense.
A means used to defend against or defeat another: Logic was her weapon.

transitive verb

weap·oned, weap·on·ing, weap·ons

To supply with weapons or a weapon; arm.

Origin of weapon

Middle English wepen from Old English wǣpen

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Noun

(plural weapons)

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.
An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

Origin

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wÇ£pen (“weapon, sword, arms"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“pnÄ… (“weapon"), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wÄ“bnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon"), West Frisian wapen (“weapon"), Dutch wapen (“weapon"), Low German wapen (“weapon"), German Waffe (“weapon"), Swedish vapen (“weapon"), Icelandic vopn (“weapon").

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weapon - Legal Definition

n

An implement used or designed to be used to kill or injure a person. See also gun-control law.

concealed weapon

A weapon that is carried by someone but is not visible to the ordinary observer’s eye.

dangerous weapon

An implement or device that is capable of causing serious bodily harm or death; not to be confused with a deadly weapon. A dangerous weapon may be deadly; a deadly weapon must be dangerous.

deadly weapon

Any firearm or other device (crossbow, longbow, bomb, grenade, and so on), substance (poison), or material (dagger, cutlass), that, when used in the manner it was intended to be used, will be likely to cause death.