WEAPON
\wˈɛpən], \wˈɛpən], \w_ˈɛ_p_ə_n]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
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Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
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A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
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Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
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A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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