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as in weaponry
something used to defend
Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.
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as in tool
a person or thing that is used to produce a result
Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest.
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as in to arm
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Recent Examples of weapon
Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Dan Albano, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The finding clears the way for a powerful, and safe, weapon against tumors.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
New England did make one wide receiver addition, bringing in former Buffalo Bills weapon Mack Hollins.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Sunny Hills has developed several other offensive weapons.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The finding clears the way for a powerful, and safe, weapon against tumors.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weapon
Noun
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The Norwegian Sea test marks the Air Force’s latest effort to integrate anti-ship weaponry onto its aircraft to counter rising adversarial naval challenges.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Terrorist groups have increasingly gained access to more sophisticated weaponry through state support like that provided by Iran to groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The automation tools haven’t put much of a crimp on the 27 million or so of today’s global software engineers who generally do their coding by hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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We’d be traveling to a bunker near another unit, Team B, which would assemble suicide drones and arm them with explosives.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Topline Shares of gun manufacturers spiked immediately following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus Wednesday, a market trend that typically happens after high-profile shootings as people tend to arm themselves and fear possible restrictions on gun sales.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But that valid concern cannot become a shield used to deflect from real and rising threats.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The first 21 satellites in a constellation that could become a cornerstone for the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile-defense shield were successfully launched from California on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Ars reports.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lots of skin care products, from cleansers to serums to moisturizers include B3, which is marketed as an ingredient to help improve skin tone and texture.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Some of the dishes included turtle, bull frogs and sea cucumber – all considered traditional ingredients in China and many other parts of the world.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Czechia’s largest nuclear power plant will be equipped with massive 2,000-ton turbine generators in what is considered the largest modernization project in the history of the country’s nuclear operations.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Property managers are better equipped to respond to concerns, not just review past incidents.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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More than 100 Jilin remote sensing satellites have been launched, designed to acquire information from space via remote instruments.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Merin wrote in the complaint that Gurich grabbed a writing instrument attached to an electronic signature machine, pulling the writing instrument out of Thimmhardy’s right hand and yanking the electronic signature machine off the desk.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 110th Brigade is helping to buy time for other brigades to reequip with heavier weaponry.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2023
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The company will reequip its Amtrak Long Distance Network, considering ideas from as many as 10 manufacturers, according to Amtrak.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Jan. 2023
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weapon. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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