1
: something (such as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy
2
: a means of contending against another
Examples of weapon in a Sentence
Noun
assault with a deadly weapon
The pitcher's slider is his most effective weapon.
a new weapon in the fight against cancer
The mayor's campaign unleashed its secret weapon.
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Skye Seipp, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Investigators stated that there were signs of strangulation on her neck, but couldn't find a weapon in her room.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 July 2025
Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
There are two basic types of nuclear fuel: plutonium, which is produced in reactors, and uranium, which is enriched to weapon grade in centrifuges.
—Siegfried S. Hecker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2017
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Noun
This will include placing participants in job training with local trade unions and offering cognitive behavioral therapy to those who were charged with certain firearm crimes in which the weapon was not discharged.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Investigators stated that there were signs of strangulation on her neck, but couldn't find a weapon in her room.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
Lobbing an anti-satellite, or counter-space, weapon into the same orbital plane as its potential target ties Russia's hands.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
There are two basic types of nuclear fuel: plutonium, which is produced in reactors, and uranium, which is enriched to weapon grade in centrifuges.
—Siegfried S. Hecker, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2017
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weapon. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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