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| club |
a heavy stick, esp. of wood, used as a weapon. [1/7 definitions] |
| cudgel |
a short heavy club, usu. used as a weapon. [1/2 definitions] |
| dagger |
a short, pointed, swordlike weapon with two sharp edges. [1/3 definitions] |
| discharge |
to fire something such as a weapon. [2/17 definitions] |
| fire |
the discharging of a weapon or weapons. [2/14 definitions] |
| firearm |
a small weapon, such as a pistol or rifle, from which a shot is fired using exploding gunpowder. |
| firepower |
the capability of a weapon, group of soldiers, ship, or the like to deliver fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| flail |
a medieval weapon of similar design but with heavy, often spherical and barbed weights instead of the short bar. [1/6 definitions] |
| flamethrower |
a military weapon that shoots a stream of ignited incendiary fuel such as gas or napalm. |
| gun |
to shoot or fire a weapon. [1/7 definitions] |
| haft |
a handle or hilt, as of a weapon or cutting tool. [1/2 definitions] |
| halberd |
a shafted weapon of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with an axlike blade and a steel spear at the top. |
| harpoon |
a weapon with a long shaft, a barbed head, and a rope at the tail end, which is used like a spear in hunting whales and large fish. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hiroshima |
a city in southwest Honshu, Japan, on which the United States dropped an atomic bomb in August, 1945--the first use of a nuclear weapon in history. Hiroshima has been rebuilt and is a thriving city. |
| hit |
to strike a blow using a fist or weapon. [1/16 definitions] |
| jab |
to strike abruptly and with a short movement of the arm or a weapon. [1/4 definitions] |
| javelin |
a lightweight spear thrown as a weapon. [1/3 definitions] |
| lance |
a spearlike weapon with a long shaft and pointed metal head, used by mounted troops. [2/3 definitions] |
| lay down |
to surrender (one's weapon or weapons). [1/2 definitions] |
| level |
to aim or direct (a weapon, gaze, or the like). [2/15 definitions] |
| machete |
a knife with a wide heavy blade, used esp. in the tropics to cut crops and clear paths, and as a weapon. |
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