Weapons

automatic weapon
a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
 
Garand rifle
a semiautomatic rifle
 
nitrochloromethane
gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas
 
CS gas
a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
 
trench knife
a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting
 
Bofors gun
an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
 
dart
a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
 
tear gas
a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
 
shiv
a knife used as a weapon
 
staphylococcal enterotoxin B
a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare
 
light arm
a rifle or pistol
 
fencing sword
a sword used in the sport of fencing
 
pellet
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
 
quarrel
an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
 
smoothbore
a firearm that has no rifling
 
twenty-two
a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
 
kirpan
a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times
 
Greek fire
a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
 
spitball
a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
 
heat-seeking missile
a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
 
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