1
: something (such as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy
2
: a means of contending against another
Examples of weapon in a Sentence
Noun
assault with a deadly weapon
The pitcher's slider is his most effective weapon.
a new weapon in the fight against cancer
The mayor's campaign unleashed its secret weapon.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Taking over for Brady after his retirement following the 2022 season, was Mayfield, who is off to the best start of his NFL career through six games even while managing without several key offensive weapons.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Lobbing an anti-satellite, or counter-space, weapon into the same orbital plane as its potential target ties Russia's hands.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
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Noun
That very weapon is now being used against them in the opening weeks of the campaign.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Taking over for Brady after his retirement following the 2022 season, was Mayfield, who is off to the best start of his NFL career through six games even while managing without several key offensive weapons.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
The former Rocky Flats weapons plant, which produced plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs, drew thousands of protesters for years to the site north of Denver, including such prominent activists as Daniel Ellsberg and Beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Lobbing an anti-satellite, or counter-space, weapon into the same orbital plane as its potential target ties Russia's hands.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
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“Weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weapon. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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