Weapons

slug
a projectile that is fired from a gun
 
Saturday night special
a cheap handgun that is easily obtained
 
Winchester
a shoulder rifle
 
paintball gun
an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic
 
GB
a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
 
space probe
a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation
 
A-bomb
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
 
sling
a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
 
butt shaft
a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
 
fowling piece
a light shotgun used for fowling
 
twenty-two rifle
a .22-caliber rifle
 
assagai
the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
 
gun
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
 
flamethrower
a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
 
Maxim gun
an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
 
peacekeeper
the pistol of a law officer in the old West
 
nitrochloromethane
gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas
 
throw stick
a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
 
light arm
a rifle or pistol
 
panga
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
 
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