Weapons
- GD
- a nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled
- minute gun
- (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
- panga
- a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
- 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
- bow
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- W.M.D.
- a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
- gas gun
- a gun that fires gas shells
- semiautomatic firearm
- an autoloader that fires only one shot at each pull of the trigger
- airgun
- a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
- spitball
- a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
- Quaker gun
- a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
- rifle
- a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- burp gun
- a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun
- aflatoxin
- a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- Garand rifle
- a semiautomatic rifle
- bioarm
- any weapon usable in biological warfare
- stun gun
- a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock
- matchlock
- an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
- teargas
- a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds
- assault gun
- any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
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