1 an object such as a knife, gun, bomb, etc. that is used for fighting or attacking sb:
nuclear / chemical weapons * a lethal / deadly weapon * The police still haven't found the murder weapon. * He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.
2 something such as knowledge, words, actions, etc. that can be used to attack or fight against sb/sth:
Education is the only weapon to fight the spread of the disease. * Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children.
IDIOMS see DOUBLE-EDGED
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for weapon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is weapon a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, weapon is tagged as noun.
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