Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - weapon
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Weapon
weapon
(weapons) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A weapon is an object such as a gun, a knife, or a missile, which is used to kill or hurt people in a fight or a war. ...nuclear weapons. N-COUNT 2. A weapon is something such as knowledge about a particular subject, which you can use to protect yourself or to get what you want in a difficult situation. I attack politicians with the one weapon they don’t have, a sense of humor. N-COUNT
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English w?pen; akin to Old High German waffan ~, Old Norse vapn Date: before 12th century 1. something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy 2. a means of contending against another II. transitive verb Date: before 12th century arm ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a thing designed or used or usable for inflicting bodily harm (e.g. a gun or cosh). 2 a means employed for trying to gain the advantage in a conflict (irony is a double-edged weapon). Derivatives weaponed adj. (also in comb.). weaponless adj. Etymology: OE w{aelig}p(e)n f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
сущ. 1) оружие - atomic weapons - deadly weapon - of extermination - of mass destruction - the atomic weapon - weapons of annihilation 2) средство - atomic weapons - of extermination - of mass destruction - the atomic weapon - weapons of annihilation - political weapon WEAPONS OF ANNIHILATION оружие массового уничтожения ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. оружие, боевое средство; боезаряд nuclear weapons, the nuclear weapon —- ядерное оружие weapons of mass destruction (annihilation) —- оружие массового уничтожения sophisticated weapons —- новейшие виды сложного оружия all-purpose weapon —- универсальное оружие directed energy weapon —- лучевое оружие cutting weapon —- рубящее оружие weapon of opportunity —- воен. наличное боевое средство (для поражения внезапно появившейся цели) 2. орудие, средство, оружие the strike as a political weapon —- забастовка как политическое орудие to fight an adversary with (at) his own weapon(s) —- бить противника его собственным оружием 3. биол. средства самозащиты (у животных, насекомых) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) оружие; fig. средство; weapon of mass destruction - оружие массового уничтожения 2) средства самозащиты (у животных и насекомых) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 something that you use to fight with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun (The crowd picked up sticks and bottles to use as weapons. | lethal weapon (=one that can kill)) 2 a type of behaviour, knowledge of a particular subject etc that you can use against someone when you are in a difficult situation (The only weapon she could use against him was guilt.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. wжpen "instrument of fighting and defense," from P.Gmc. *wжpnan, of unknown origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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