Weapons
- horse pistol
- a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen
- pepper spray
- a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent
- derringer
- a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- repeater
- a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
- Mauser
- trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol
- sawed-off shotgun
- a shotgun with short barrels
- rubber bullet
- a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control
- bodkin
- a dagger with a slender blade
- chemical bomb
- a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes
- brass knucks
- (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
- dart
- a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- cannonball
- a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
- longbow
- a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England
- seeker
- a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
- trench knife
- a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting
- rifle
- a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- guided missile
- a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
- flintlock
- a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
- high explosive
- a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate
- fire ship
- a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
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