weapon

weapon
n.

1) to load a weapon

2) to fire a weapon

3) to brandish; carry; draw; handle a weapon

4) to calibrate; zero in a weapon

5) to lay down, throw down one's weapons

6) a concealed; deadly weapon

7) automatic; defensive; heavy; light; offensive; semiautomatic weapons

8) atomic, nuclear, thermonuclear; conventional weapons

9) (misc.) (they entered the building) with drawn weapons/with weapons drawn; the ultimate weapon ('nuclear missiles')

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['wepən]
conventional weapons
deadly weapon
handle a weapon
heavy
nuclear
semiautomatic weapons
thermonuclear
zero in a weapon
the ultimate weapon ('nuclear missiles')
(misc.) (they entered the building) with drawn weapons/with weapons drawn
a concealed
atomic
to brandish
to calibrate
to fire a weapon
to lay down. throw down one's weapons
to load a weapon

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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