WEAPON SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weapon system mean? 

• WEAPON SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun WEAPON SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

  Familiarity information: WEAPON SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAPON SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arm; weapon; weapon system

Context example:

he was licensed to carry a weapon

Hypernyms ("weapon system" is a kind of...):

instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weapon system"):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Greek fire (a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted)

W.M.D.; weapon of mass destruction; WMD (a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons))

hatchet; tomahawk (weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians)

blade; brand; steel; sword (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)

stun baton; stun gun (a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock)

lance; shaft; spear (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)

sling (a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released)

slasher (a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing)

bow (a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow)

pike (medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet)

missile (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)

light arm (a rifle or pistol)

knife (a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point)

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

flamethrower (a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards)

fire ship (a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships)

brass knuckles; brass knucks; knuckle duster; knuckles; knucks ((used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand)

bow and arrow (a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them)

Holonyms ("weapon system" is a part of...):

arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system (weapons considered collectively)