Weapons
- clostridium perfringens
- anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
- Sten gun
- a lightweight British submachine gun
- slug
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- GA
- the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
- ball
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- dumdum bullet
- a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
- machine gun
- a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
- full metal jacket
- a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper)
- Chemical Mace
- (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization
- Greek fire
- a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
- banderilla
- a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
- W.M.D.
- a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
- derringer
- a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- blunderbuss
- a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
- automatic rifle
- light machine gun
- seeker
- a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
- brass knuckles
- (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
- shiv
- a knife used as a weapon
- shotgun
- firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
- BB gun
- an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air
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