Weapons

antiaircraft
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
 
six-shooter
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
 
dagger
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
 
sword
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
 
sabre
a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
 
autoloader
a firearm that reloads itself
 
brass knuckles
(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
 
shaft
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
 
cannon
heavy gun fired from a tank
 
trident
a spear with three prongs
 
halberd
a pike fitted with an ax head
 
nitrochloromethane
gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas
 
backsword
a sword with only one cutting edge
 
shiv
a knife used as a weapon
 
arquebus
an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
 
gas bomb
a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes
 
flintlock
a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
 
Saturday night special
a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
 
gun
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
 
bursting explosive
a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack
 
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