OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 563

weapon

/ˈwɛp.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arma
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fa…
baza
An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems wh…
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