#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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