ADW |
assault with deadly weapon |
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BW |
bacteriological warfare; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weig... |
CW |
cardiac work; case work; cell wall; chemical warfare; chemical weapon; chest wall; children's ward; ... |
weapon |
1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal." (2 Cor. X. 4) "They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped." (Milton) 2. The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. "Woman's weapons, water drops." 3. <botany> A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. Concealed weapons. See Concealed. Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. Origin: OE. Wepen, AS. Wpen; akin to OS. Wpan, OFries. Wpin, wpen, D. Wapen, G. Waffe, OHG. Waffan, wafan, Icel. Vapn, Dan. Vaaben, Sw. Vapen, Goth. Wpna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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weaponize
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make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?"
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