weapon

Definition

Examples

Passengers are not allowed to carry any weapon onto the plane.

Word Family

Synonyms

• armamentweaponry used by military or naval force
• arma human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

Collocations

• Easy deadly weapon
  describing deadly weapon (causing or capable of causing death)
• Medium weapons of mass destruction treaties
  describing weapons of mass destruction treaties (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
• Hard wield economic tariffs as a political weapon
  to wield economic tariffs as a political weapon, meaning to have and exercise
• Very Hard double-edged weapon that cuts both ways
  describing double-edged weapon that cuts both ways (capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways)