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| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, arrow, ax, bat, baton, bayonet, billy club, blade, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, cudgel, dagger, dart, firearm, gun, hatchet, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, pistol, rifle, saber, spear, spike, sword, tear gas, anlace, arbalest, archery, assegai, atlatl, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, battle-ax, bazooka, blackjack, blowgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, cutlass, dirk, flamethrower, harpoon, howitzer, hunting knife, nunchaku, revolver, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, stiletto, switchblade |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot*, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band*, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | firearm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gun |
| Synonyms: | heat*, musket, pistol, rifle, weapon, handgun, revolver, shotgun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectile |
| Synonyms: | ICBM, booster, guided missile, intercontinental ballistic missile, missile, spacecraft, weapon, firework, spaceship, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | spear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lance |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, bill, javelin, partisan, pike, weapon, gar, halberd, lancet, partizan |
| Main Entry: | sword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saber |
| Synonyms: | bill, blade, brand, dagger, foil, weapon, bilbo, cutlass, epee, rapier, scimitar |
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument used to shape, form, finish |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo*, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weaponry |
| Synonyms: | artillery, equipment, munitions, ordnance, accoutrements, armaments, firearms, guns, panoply, weapons |
| Main Entry: | artillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weaponry or military unit |
| Synonyms: | arms, battery, cannon, force, munitions, ordnance, bazooka, big guns, cannonry, gunnery, heavy stuff, rainmakers, stovepipe, weapons |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, bastille, deterrence, redoubt, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | munitions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ammunition |
| Synonyms: | armament, arsenal, ammo, bombs, bullets, explosives, grenades, gunpowder, missiles, shells, torpedos, weapons |
| Main Entry: | ordnance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artillery |
| Synonyms: | arms, munitions, big guns, bombs, heavy stuff, missiles, weapons |
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