weapon
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,916 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,637 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting also: arm, weapon system he was licensed to carry a weapon
- a means of persuading or arguing also: artillery he used all his conversational weapons
weapon in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A lethal weapon is a Lexicon When rivals make a bludgeon of the book.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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But perhaps the stranger's greatest claim to originality was the absence of any weapon in his equipment.
A Phyllis of the Sierras · Bret Harte · Chapter 1
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Pressing the weapon to his side, he attentively examined the square shadows cast by the piles of timber.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The pheasant had been shot roosting and an air-gun was the weapon, for they found the slug in it.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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He registered an inward vow that Miss Afflint should be used on the morrow as a weapon to quell Mr. Stocks.
The Half-Hearted · John Buchan · Chapter 1