weapons 1 of 2

noun

plural of weapon
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as in arms
something used to defend Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.

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as in tools
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of weapon
as in equips

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Recent Examples of weapons
Noun
Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 weapons since Monday evening. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026 Years of convictions for escape, battery and weapons while in prison kept adding time to his total sentence. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Raybould said that money funds the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic weapons programs. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Experts note that the latest Houthi missiles, such as the Hatem-2 and the Palestine-2, are very similar in design to Iranian weapons. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Washington has placed greater emphasis on producing critical weapons at higher rates. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026 Ireland has committed more than $754 million in humanitarian assistance, military training and other non-lethal support to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 while stopping short of providing lethal weapons. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Nuñez defended police tactics despite a growing number of severe injuries blamed on officers’ riot-control weapons. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The comments come shortly after Lithuania's parliament voted in favor of advancing a constitutional change on deploying nuclear weapons on its territory. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapons
  1. arms
  2. tools
  3. shields
  4. ingredients
  5. instruments
Noun
  • The group, which has local arms around the country, regularly organizes protests, sit-ins and climate strikes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Stamos and Christian Love helped Mike to his feet, and then, on either side of him, held his arms aloft in the air in a triumphant pose, until the curtains closed in front of them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of arms
Noun
  • These tools can support both dynamic and personalized pricing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Those tools include apps that allow individuals to receive cash in between paychecks and are costing them hundreds of dollars each year in fees, according to a recent report.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of tools
Noun
  • Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In Paris, tear gas filled the air, and trash cans, school desks and chairs were set alight as riot police with shields and batons clashed with some demonstrators.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of shields
Noun
  • Per Degroote, who’s been in the unscripted business for over two decades, one of the key ingredients for a format’s success today lies in audience participation.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant open since 1992 that now has four locations — SouthPark, uptown, Ballantyne and Winston-Salem — combines seasonal, Southern ingredients and European culinary techniques.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of ingredients
Noun
  • As financial markets have become more accessible, consumers have begun trading sophisticated financial instruments, purchasing fractional shares and gaining exposure to alternative assets in minutes.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But a few minutes into the first half, the music stopped, the band put its instruments away and those same rowdy fans walked out on their team.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Weapons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapons. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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