| Main Entry: | cannon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gun |
Synonyms: |
Big Bertha, Long Tom, heavy artillery, howitzer, mortar, ordnance |
| Notes: | a cannon is a large mounted artillery gun or a large artillery gun that is on wheels that fires heavy projectiles while a canon is an ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council or a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter |
| Main Entry: | artillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weaponry or military unit |
Synonyms: |
arms, battery, bazooka, big guns, cannon, cannonry, force, gunnery, heavy stuff, munitions, ordnance, rainmakers, stovepipe, weapons |
| Main Entry: | battery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of weapons |
Synonyms: |
artillery, cannon, cannonry, gunnery unit, guns |
| Notes: | assault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence |
| Main Entry: | gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon that shoots |
Synonyms: |
9 mm., Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, cannon, difference*, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, hardware, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter, persuader, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, thirty-eight |
| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas |