Phrase Hound found 50 phrases and 21 compound words that contain weapons. The most common are listed below. Open weapons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- nuclear weaponsplural of nuclear weapon: A weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion.
- chemical weaponsplural of chemical weapon: A noxious substance contained in some form of delivery system such as a shell or missile.
- biological weaponsplural of biological weapon: A biological pathogen or toxin designed or used for warfare.
- weapons inspectorsplural of weapons inspector: An official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or …
- weapons-gradeOf a purity suitable for the manufacture of weapons.
- assault weaponsplural of assault weapon: Any select-fire firearm that allows semi-automatic and fully automatic operation, and is used or was once used by a military organization.
- weapons of mass destructionplural of weapon of mass destruction: Any human-made weapon causing indiscriminate large-scale death or destruction, especially a biological weapon, chemical weapon, nuclear weapon or radiological weapon.
- Weapons Systems
- New weapons
- weapons effectThe (harmful) effect or effectiveness a weapon/munition.
- weapons inspectorAn official (originally and chiefly one working for the United Nations) whose job is to examine the potential military research sites or equipment of a given state, as a means of ensuring disarmament or assessing compliance with arms …
- energy weaponsplural of energy weapon: A weapon that fires a beam or pulse of energy (in the form of waves or particles) instead of a solid projectile.
- space weaponsplural of space weapon: Any weapon that travels through space to a target either in space, in the atmosphere or on the ground
- super-weaponsplural of super-weapon: An extremely powerful weapon.
- weapons freeAn order that weapons may be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) that are not positively identified as friendly.
- bio-weaponsplural of bio-weapon: Any weapon designed to be used in biological warfare.
- weapons tightAn order that weapons may only be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) that are positively identified as hostile.
- conventional weaponsplural of conventional weapon: A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature.
- atomic weaponsplural of atomic weapon: A nuclear weapon.
- crew-served weaponsplural of crew-served weapon: Any weapon system that requires a crew or more than one individual to function due to its high operational complexity.
- directed-energy weaponsplural of directed-energy weapon: An energy weapon whose energy emissions are focused into a narrow beam.
- ranged weaponsplural of ranged weapon: Any weapon that strikes at a distance beyond the reach of hand-to-hand combat.
- siege weaponsplural of siege weapon: A weapon (usually very large) used by the aggressor in siege warfare. Examples include trebuchets, catapults, cannon, etc.
- squad automatic weaponsplural of squad automatic weapon: A kind of light machine gun; a machine gun issued to a squad of troops, being heavier than the standard assault rifles, personal machine guns, machine carbines, and battle rifles issued per trooper.
- radiological weaponsplural of radiological weapon: A weapon, often a bomb, designed to achieve injury or contamination of a target by dispersing harmful radioisotopes.
Compound words 21
- weaponsmanA member of a group that is armed with and has the job of using some type of weapon.
- nonweaponsnonweapon
- bioweaponsplural of bioweapon: Any weapon designed to be used in biological warfare.
- weaponsmasterAlternative form of weaponmaster: An official in charge of all the weaponry belonging to an organization or household.
- cyberweaponsplural of cyberweapon: Computer hardware or software used as a weapon in cyberwarfare.
- disweaponsthird-person singular simple present indicative of disweapon: To disarm; to take away the weapon of.
- megaweaponsplural of megaweapon: An extremely powerful weapon.
- microweaponsplural of microweapon: A very small weapon, generally in the realm of high technology.
- nanoweaponsplural of nanoweapon: A nanoscale weapon (typically biological, or in a swarm)
- neuroweaponsplural of neuroweapon: Any weapon that targets the nervous system of an enemy combatant