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# weapon

«weapon» in Mova's school dictionary: **something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (weapon, weapons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#m1)

2) Anything used to win against something can be called a weapon: her smile was her secret weapon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, pupils study weapons such as spears, bows and arrows, swords, cannons and castles' defences. In safety, children learn that real weapons are dangerous: never touch a gun or knife you find, move away and tell an adult; schools do not allow weapons, even toy ones that look real. In science, animals' teeth, claws and stings are «natural weapons». Phrases: secret weapon, deadly weapon, weapons of the Romans.

### examples

- Knights carried swords and shields as weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x1)
- The Romans used spears and short swords. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x2)
- A porcupine's quills are its weapon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x3)
- Weapons are not allowed in school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x4)
- If you find a gun, don't touch it — tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x5)
- Our goalkeeper is the team's secret weapon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x6)
- Stone Age people made weapons from flint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x7)
- The centipede was invulnerable to weapons! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/#x8)

### note

Pronounced «WEP-un». Countable: weapons. Toy weapons are toys, but pointing even a toy gun at strangers or police can be dangerous because they may think it is real.

### In the corpora

- ["Kinetic action" is US military jargon for a real attack with weapons that kills or destroys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/9/)
- ["The deterrent" is the British official way to say nuclear weapons, the most destructive bombs ever made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/21/)
- ["Less-lethal weapon" means a weapon meant not to kill, such as a rubber bullet, which can still kill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/20/)
- [Never joke about bombs, weapons or threats; it can cause alarm, searches and serious trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/16/)
- [Jokes about bombs or weapons at an airport are treated as real threats, and people can be arrested for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weapon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weapon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.