Definitions for weapon

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weapon weap·on

Spelling: [wep-uh n]

IPA: /ˈwɛp ən/

Weapon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in weapon (aenopw).

Definitions for weapon

noun

1. any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
2. anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim:
3. Zoology. any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings.

verb (used with object)

1. to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons:

Origin of weapon

before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wǣpen; cognate with German Waffe, Old Norse vāpn, Gothic wēpna (plural)

Examples for weapon

But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.

He was armed with a stone hammer, which is no sort of weapon for a narrow passage.

Now, he again brought out the weapon that had done Eddie Griggs to death.

Robert hurried upstairs, and quickly returned with the weapon.

Less than eight percent of sentenced federal women prisoners are there for violent crimes or weapon offenses.

When Robert Haile pulled his own weapon, Brooks continued his stick-up.

The $50,000 reward means a weapon was brandished to either the customers or the employees.

Aggie showed no trace of emotion as her glance ran over the weapon.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and faced 15 years prison time.

It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.