#weapon__weapon_system__arm  instrument used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
  supertype:  instrument  a device that requires skill for proper use
  part of:  weaponry
  subtype:  bow.weapon_system  curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows
     subtype:  crossbow  a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
     subtype:  Cupid's_bow  a curved bow with reversed curve ends
     subtype:  handbow  a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
     subtype:  longbow  a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England
  subtype:  bow_and_arrow__bowandarrow  a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them
  subtype:  brass_knucks__knucks__brass_knuckles__knuckles__knuckle_duster__knuckleduster  a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
  subtype:  fire_ship  a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
  subtype:  flamethrower  a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
  subtype:  gun  a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
     subtype:  air_gun__airgun__airgun  a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
        subtype:  BB_gun  an air gun in which pellets are propelled by air pressure
     subtype:  antiaircraft_gun__antiaircraft__flak__flack__pom-pom__pompom__ack-ack__ackack__ack-ack_gun__ackackgun  artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
        subtype:  Bofors_gun  an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
     subtype:  breechloader  a gun that is loaded at the breech
     subtype:  cannon.gun  heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
     subtype:  firearm__piece__small-arm__smallarm  a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
        subtype:  autoloader  a firearm that reloads itself
           subtype:  automatic_firearm__automaticfirearm  a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
              subtype:  automatic_pistol__automaticpistol__automatic  a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
              subtype:  automatic_rifle__automaticrifle__automatic__machine_rifle__machinerifle  light machine gun
                 subtype:  assault_rifle  any of the automatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
                 subtype:  Browning_automatic_rifle__BAR  a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World Wars I and II and in the Korean War
           subtype:  semiautomatic_firearm__semiautomaticfirearm  an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger
              subtype:  Garand_rifle__Garand__M-1__M-1_rifle  a semiautomatic rifle
              subtype:  semiautomatic_pistol__semiautomaticpistol__semiautomatic  a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm
                 subtype:  Luger  (trademark) a German semiautomatic pistol
        subtype:  machine_gun__machinegun  a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
           subtype:  automatic_rifle__automaticrifle__automatic__machine_rifle__machinerifle  light machine gun
           subtype:  Browning_machine_gun  a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
           subtype:  Gatling_gun  an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
           subtype:  Maxim_gun  an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
           subtype:  Spandau  a German machine gun
           subtype:  submachine_gun  machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
              subtype:  Bren_gun__Bren  a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
              subtype:  burp_gun__machine_pistol__machinepistol  a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun
              subtype:  Kalashnikov  a type of submachine gun made in Russia
              subtype:  light_machine_gun__lightmachinegun  a submachine gun not greater than .30 millimeter
              subtype:  Tommy_gun__Thompson_submachine_gun  a .45-caliber submachine gun
              subtype:  Uzi  a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel; "the Uzi is the weapon of choice for America's crack pedlars"
        subtype:  muzzle_loader  a firearm that is load through the muzzle
           subtype:  arquebus__harquebus__harquebu__hackbut__hagbut  an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
           subtype:  firelock__flintlock  a muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock
           subtype:  musket  a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
              subtype:  blunderbuss  a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
              subtype:  fusil  a light flintlock musket
              subtype:  matchlock  an early style of musket; had a slow burning wick that could be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
        subtype:  pistol__handgun__side_arm__shooting_iron  a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
           subtype:  automatic_pistol__automaticpistol__automatic  a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
           subtype:  derringer  a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
           subtype:  forty-five__fortyfive  a .45-caliber pistol
           subtype:  gat  (slang) a gangster's pistol
           subtype:  horse_pistol__horsepistol__horsepistol  a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen
           subtype:  peacekeeper  the pistol of a law officer in the old West
           subtype:  revolver__six-gun__sixgun__six-shooter__sixshooter  a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
              subtype:  Colt  (trademark) a kind of revolver
           subtype:  Saturday_night_special  a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
           subtype:  semiautomatic_pistol__semiautomaticpistol__semiautomatic  a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm
           subtype:  Very_pistol__Verey_pistol  a pistol for firing Very-light flares
           subtype:  zip_gun__zipgun  a crude homemade pistol
        subtype:  repeating_firearm__repeatingfirearm__repeater  a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
           subtype:  Mauser  trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol
        subtype:  rifle  a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
           subtype:  carbine  light automatic rifle
           subtype:  Garand_rifle__Garand__M-1__M-1_rifle  a semiautomatic rifle
           subtype:  Winchester  (trade mark) a shoulder rifle
        subtype:  shotgun__scattergun  firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
           subtype:  fowling_piece__fowlingpiece  a light shotgun used for fowling
           subtype:  sawed-off_shotgun__sawedoffshotgun  a shotgun with short barrels
        subtype:  .22__twenty-two  a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
           subtype:  twenty-two_pistol  a .22-caliber pistol
           subtype:  twenty-two_rifle  a .22-caliber rifle
     subtype:  gas_gun__gasgun  a gun that fires gas shells
     subtype:  minute_gun  gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
     subtype:  Quaker_gun  a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
     subtype:  set_gun__setgun__spring_gun  a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
     subtype:  whaling_gun__whalinggun  a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
  subtype:  knife.weapon_system  a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
     subtype:  bayonet  a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
     subtype:  sticker  a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
        subtype:  dirk  (Scottish) a long dagger with a straight blade
        subtype:  poniard__bodkin  a dagger with a slender blade
        subtype:  stiletto  a small dagger with a tapered blade
     subtype:  flick-knife__flickknife  a knife with the blade hidden in the handle; the blade springs out when a button is pressed
     subtype:  machete__panga  a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
     subtype:  shiv  a knife used as a weapon
     subtype:  trench_knife  a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting
     subtype:  yataghan  a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge
  subtype:  nuclear_weapon__nuclearweapon  a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
     subtype:  atom_bomb__atomic_bomb__A-bomb__fission_bomb__fissionbomb__plutonium_bomb__plutoniumbomb  a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element (uranium 235 or plutonium 239))
        subtype:  neutron_bomb__neutronbomb  atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast
     subtype:  hydrogen_bomb__H-bomb__fusion_bomb__thermonuclear_bomb__thermonuclearbomb  a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
     subtype:  megaton_bomb__megatonbomb  a nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT
  subtype:  pike.weapon_system  medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
     subtype:  halberd  a pike fitted with an ax head
     subtype:  partizan__partisan  a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
     subtype:  vouge  a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century
  subtype:  projectile__missile  a weapon that is thrown or projected
     subtype:  arrow  a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
        subtype:  broad_arrow  an arrow with a wide barbed head
        subtype:  butt_shaft  an arrow without a barb; a target arrow
        subtype:  quarrel  an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
     subtype:  throwing_stick__boomerang__throw_stick  (Australian) a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
        subtype:  kylie__kiley  an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
     subtype:  bullet__slug  a projectile that is fired from a gun
        subtype:  dumdum_bullet__dumdum  a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
        subtype:  rifle_ball__rifleball  a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape
     subtype:  cannonball__cannon_ball__round_shot__roundshot  a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
     subtype:  dart.projectile  a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
        subtype:  banderilla  a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
     subtype:  seeker  a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
     subtype:  shot.projectile__pellet  a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"
        subtype:  BB_shot__BB  a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
        subtype:  bird_shot__buckshot__duck_shot  small lead shot for shotgun shells
        subtype:  grapeshot  a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
        subtype:  musket_ball__ball  a solid ball shot by a musket; "they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
     subtype:  spitball  a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
  subtype:  spear__lance__shaft  a long pointed rod used as a weapon
     subtype:  assegai__assagai  the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
     subtype:  javelin  a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
     subtype:  trident  a spear with three prongs
  subtype:  sword__blade__brand__steel  a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
     subtype:  backsword  a sword with only one cutting edge
     subtype:  broadsword  a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
        subtype:  claymore  a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
     subtype:  cavalry_sword__cavalrysword__saber__sabre  a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
        subtype:  scimitar  a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
     subtype:  cutlas__cutlass__cutlas  a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
     subtype:  Excalibur  the legendary sword of King Arthur
     subtype:  falchion  a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point
     subtype:  fencing_sword__fencingsword  a sword used in the sport of fencing
        subtype:  epee  a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
        subtype:  foil.fencing_sword  a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
        subtype:  saber__sabre  a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
     subtype:  rapier  a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
  subtype:  tomahawk__hatchet  weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians
  subtype:  Greek_fire  a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted

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