How To Use Weapon In A Sentence

One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
IS is said to have used chlorine gas in attacks and built up a substantial chemical weapons cache. The Sun
This scenario was as unsubstantial as most of the claims made by campaign groups about the potential danger that anthrax could be easily used as a bio-weapon.

A group of mums are using a secret weapon to encourage parents to walk their children to school - pester power.
Later it wants to follow up with the heavy stuff: tanks, helicopters, anti-tank weapons and armored personnel carriers.
You can upgrade your already present cannon or purchase new weapon types including plasma bolts, lasers, flame-throwers and grenades.
They also have abandoned past pledges and now threaten first use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states.
Champlain appears to be carrying a light arquebus that Paulin-Desormeaux calls a fusil de chasse, a hunting weapon; ibid., 1:184-93; for a more extended discussion, see below, chapter 12, and Appendix L. Champlain's Dream
In the tome, full of glamorous soft-focus pictures of the footballer, he waxes lyrical about the art of seduction, with fish his favourite weapon for luring girlfriends from the dining room to the boudoir.
Iran has refused to discuss the allegations of weapons experiments for three years, saying they are based on "fabricated documents" provided by a "few arrogant countries," a term Iranian authorities often use to refer to the United States and its allies. NYT > Home Page
Since 1975, landmines have killed over a million people, far outstripping the deaths caused by those well-publicized bugaboos, nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
Biden and Mullen do not seem to understand also, that the United States, its Arab allies and all its interests in the Middle East (meaning oil supply) would be "imperiled" when Iran has nuclear weapons. Israelated - English Israel blogs
On the same day that his government launched missiles at what it described as weapons facilities, Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
AMV itself could become a future combat weapon system platform.
Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
Police say the weapons were seized as it is suspected that they breach the 1982 Firearms Act, which prohibits the selling of readily convertible blank firing weapons.
She took a leather strap and buckled it around my wrist, attaching the dagger to it, pulling the sleeve down to conceal the weapon.
But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
During his evidence Akhtar denied hitting anyone or wielding any weapons himself.
Schoolchildren could be frisked for weapons against their will as teachers are recruited into the crackdown on youth knife culture.
So the theories are that perhaps somebody intentionally detonated this weapon in what's sometimes called fragging, an intentional effort to kill officers, and in this case, two officers. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005
A shame since it includes the weapons, sabotage devices and other inventions which undoubtedly frustrated the German forces.
Pettin's men surged up the steps at them, weapons flashing in the guttery light; Del's screaming, shrill as an angry hawk's, stabbed through Joanna's panic like the senseless sounds of nightmare. The Silicon Mage
Frank will have access to 18 separate weapons, ranging from pistols and rifles to submachine guns and shotguns.
Non-lethal weapons have inherent characteristics of precision effects, selectivity of engagement, and versatility.
Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners.
They have rattled the narcos, impeding some trafficking routes and increasing weapons seizures.
Trophy hunters typically prefer to bag " prizes " with their own weapons.
Archaeologists were excited to find lots of bronzes, ceramics, lacquerworks, wood tomb figures, steel weapons and leather weapons, jewelry and even coloured drawings.
During both the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War, the B - 52's internal stowage of eighty-four 500-pound bombs made it a formidable offensive weapon.
Is exhibit C the weapon which you say was used?
Ultramarine spheres flashed over Linda's weapon console.
Grimm leveled his confiscated weapon at the blue-clad human, sighting down its length.
Witnesses said Yuwono was dragged from his house by a number of people brandishing machetes and other sharp weapons, who later stabbed him.
Historically, weapon sales have jumped during legislative debate of gun-ownership controls and before any new restrictions become law.
Men who didn't pay were likely to find themselves being used as a demonstration in a weapons test. A Plague of Angels
Prior to the inspectors coming back in he was engaged in a systematic exercise in concealment of the weapons. "
The teacher has handed out worksheets describing the weapons and siege engines which could have been used, and she is quizzing pupils about them.
Its only real weapon over the government is that it can propose a vote of censure.
The nuclear weapons are targeted on Western Europe.
A moment later, another of the invaders lashed him with a peculiar weapon that looked something like a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Moss allegedly ordered the pair to look for police or traffic officers to attack and "dispossess" them of their service firearms, because the PAC did not have enough weapons to wage its armed struggle. ANC Daily News Briefing
Cancer deaths caused by fallout from weapons testing could rise to 2.4 million over the next few centuries.
Of course, his most effective weapons are his boomerangs, which he can use to take out distant enemies, break items, or glide from heights.
Its warehouses, far from only storing food, he said, were also used as depositories for weapons.
The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
You said ‘send conventional troops that he can only repel with his nuclear weapons, which will cause us to nuke him’.
The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role .
Texas is also on course to allow concealed weapons on college campuses for the first time. Times, Sunday Times
The harpoon is the weapon usually employed, though sometimes they are caught in strong nets stretched across the mouths of rivers or the narrow arms of lakes. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
I was told that I would be helping to develop curative drugs and vaccines to combat the biological weapons manufactured in the West. CHAMELEON
He dispatches enemies with a sword, a battleaxe, or a spear-like native weapon called a taiaha.
Simple, A bow is a bow, A muzzle-loader, is a muzzle-loader and a modern weapon is a modern weapon. On The Crossbow Trend
Weapons of mass destruction and chemical weapons had a lot of people worried.
Called the gladius, it was the classic weapon of the gladiator. The Spartacus War
Wisdom and understanding have always been powerful and effective weapons against a poor belief/approach.
There was no discussion, then or thereafter, but on every subsequent assignment the armorer had supplied weaponry with the same internal modification.
As inaccurate as the weapons were, especially on a galloping horse, he would only be hit by blind chance.
The arsenal of weapons include homing plasma guns, rockets, proximity grenades, Gattling guns and much more.
Deployment of weapons and combat hardware in emplacements reduces the probability of their detection two to three times.
News dissector Danny Schechter wrote two books and made the film, WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) about media coverage of the war in Iraq. Danny Schechter: Inside the Secret War Between Wikileaks and the Pentagon
The administration wants to minimize civilian casualties through pinpoint attacks using high-tech precision weapons.
Would they have hesitated to use nuclear weapons if they had access to them?
It will analyze the effects of implosions during non-nuclear mock-up experiments - simulations that will render actual weapons stockpile testing unnecessary.
“Indeed, Robin, I’ll be better advised before I gie it back to you; it is a wanchancy weapon in a Highlandman’s hand, and I am thinking you will be about some harns-breaking.” Chronicles of the Canongate
But police now know the murder weapon was a knife with a ten inch long blade.
McCormack said ending the North Korean nuclear program, which included a weapons test in 2006, is a "compelling" U.S. national security interest.
He's the latest leader to face a party rebellion over nuclear weapons, but it is often forgotten that he himself was once a unilateralist.
Besides new weapons and new enemies, everything about Gears 2 looks bigger, "badder" and - you get the point. FIUSM.com
Depth charge : or depth Bomb; Weapon used by ships or aircraft to attack submerged submarines.
The deal will eliminate heavy intercontinental missiles and multiple-warhead missiles, the most devastating weapons mankind has ever devised.
In 1947 he switched fields from physics to molecular biology, because of his horror at what atomic weapons had done. Times, Sunday Times
Further multilateral agreements to control nuclear weapons were both welcome to CND and blunted its cutting edge.
They often use primitive weapons rocks, blunt objects and machetes to conserve their limited munitions and inflect maximum brutality. Jedidiah Jenkins: Obama Made the Right Decision in Africa, Here's Why...
He goes on to talk about the Pentagon's ongoing, undebated plans not only to keep bleeding our treasury in Iraq (and, I would add, Afghanistan), but also to keep spending billions to design and build Cold War-era weapons "that lack not only a current military need but even a plausible use in any foreseeable future. Robert Koehler: Cross of Irony
There was an erroneous assumption that the sticky foam would be used as an anti-personnel weapon, and visions of an agitator with his head covered with a blob of foam prevented a more careful analysis of the intended use of the foam.
-- - Here be two arblasts, comrades, with windlaces and quarrells The arblast was a cross-bow, the windlace the machine used in bending that weapon, and the quarrell, so called from its square or diamond-shaped head, was the bolt adapted to it. -- - to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain. Ivanhoe. A Romance
Models of sophisticated weapons, missile systems and various aircraft instruments were also on display.
They are trained to attack people carrying weapons. Times, Sunday Times
The decision to use nuclear weapons, regardless of the size of the warhead, is always a political one. Remember the new logo that replaced the old Civil Defense one?
Swimming in lane four is the weapon of mass destruction that donkey-licked the opposition in the 2011 World Championships.
Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?
The minehunters had been in the area clearing unexploded weapons, including mines, from the approaches to the port.
In 1609–10, Champlain fought the Mohawk with this arquebuse à rouet, a wheel lock weapon that did not require a burning match. Champlain's Dream
Full-page ads in The New York Times and The Washington Post are now standard weapons for enviro campaigns, but no one had thought of using advertising as a cannonade before Brower.
The two combatants charged at each other with weapons drawn and fought like savage beasts.
His weapon of choice is a deadly flail and he doesn't balk at finishing off wounded soldiers - or at sneaking up on them and strangling them.
All weaponry demands frequent servicing.
The information will help law enforcement authorities trace ownership of the weapon back to the original gun dealer.
The group decries the name "assault weapon" and refers to high-powered guns as "modern sporting rifles. Chron.com Chronicle
There is a real danger of proliferation of nuclear weapons. Times, Sunday Times
I am His sword, His weapon and His Vicegerent.
The police were equipped with guns that fire rubber bullets, as well as exploding pellets of pepper spray, electric prods, and a host of other new ‘less lethal’ weapons.
Knives of any sort are classed as offensive weapons.
North Korea got America's attention big time last month when it claimed it had reprocessed enough spent nuclear fuel rods to make plenty of nuclear weapons.
Spent fuel can be reprocessed and used for nuclear weapons.
This drive shaft would also serve as the ideal location for the cannon which would then fire directly down the center line of the fighter, making aiming of the weapon extremely easy.
The other, a 28-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and ID'd the suspects, who were busted that day and charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.
Japanese soldiers shouldering their weapons were standing guard in even-numbered ranks outside the gate (my grandmother at the time had studied a little algebra).
The strongest weapon in the government's armoury is the price cuts announced on Saturday.
The armorer who looked after weapons couldn't walk; he was on crutches.
A few rusty bits of scrap metal are not really direct evidence of ‘weapons of mass destruction’.
He played it as he shaped it: the last low string whose reverberations set his own sword belling in anguish and shattered every other weapon inside and out of the halt Silence settled like old dust over the room. Harpist in the Wind
On the theoretic level, the application of moral purism as weapon to make unlimited criticism to terrorism is the only route thoroughly solving ethical problem of terrorism.
We are campaigning for the abolition of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction.
The government is showing signs of easing up on building nuclear weapons and controlling foreign aid.
Will we be able to control whatever fuel is going into that plant, so that it does not become a source of nuclear weapons-grade material?
Putting his training to good use, Timms had the belt fed into the machine gun, and the weapon ready, in less than a minute.
The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
They relied entirely on these few weapons for their defence.
We should remember that the US is the only country ever to have used nuclear weapons in war.
KURTZ: But that goes to the broader point, which is one of the reasons this story has resonated, there is a widespread belief among critics, the BBC was sort of against the war, its reporting has been biased, and that they seized on this weapons of mass destruction story to kind of vindicate their point of view. CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2003
We're introduced to the title teen right before he learns he's the son of Poseidon and that he has two weeks to return a lightning bolt he didn't actually steal, lest Zeus start a Godly war (somehow without using the most powerful weapon in the world that was just stolen from him). Cinematical
In this, they are deploying a weapon their forebears did not have.
Pushing forth, he jabbed the head of the weapon into the greaves of the incoming phalanx.
There will be a lot more drills on how to deal with the possible use of chemical or biological weapons.
Beowulf meets Grendel, and a battle ensues - Beowulf uses no weapon against Grendel, and fighting barehanded, rips off his arm.
As Gould once noted, the truth is only one weapon, seldom the best, in a debater's arsenal.
We agree with Holdstock and Waterston that all efforts must be made for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
By settling for a lesser licensing fee, the patentee can preserve the patent as a weapon, using it to elicit licensing fees from other putative infringers.
Normal A character cannot equip a weapon he is not proficient in.
Where four million people disported themselves, the wild wolves roam to-day, and the savage progeny of our loins, with prehistoric weapons, defend themselves against the fanged despoilers. Page 7
Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.
The men were dressed in camouflage and carrying automatic weapons.
He retreated to his hideouts in the mountains of Tajikistan, taking his men and their weapons with him.
I’ve seen the term pluralized with any possible combination of added s’s — including weapons system — with the most common being weapons systems. Word Court
If so why was it flying at an altitude at which it could be an easy target for the insurgents’ relatively unsophisticated weapons?
A Xinjiang television broadcast carried pictures of weapons, riot damage and injured and dead security personnel.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers, working with high-performance computing experts at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have created an automated program to "debug" simulations used to more efficiently certify the nation's nuclear weapons. Science Blog
This was a writer who used words as weapons, as salves, as balms and ballistic missiles.
The guard fan ned him for weapon.
Cluster weapons are highly controversial because they scatter small "bomblets" over a wide area. Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain
In which case the terrorists now have nuclear/chemical/biological materials and the tools to weaponize them.
We withheld key evidence, so if you’re trying to figure out who killed Professor Plum, we haven’t shown you that the candlestick is even a potential murder weapon yet. Interview with LOST Co-Creator Damon Lindelof – Collider.com
Lads were taking turns to give him a right going over, smashing him in the face with weapons and stamping on him.
Those arrested are being questioned on suspicion of drug dealing, handling stolen goods and possessing illegal weapons.
Choose your weapons carefully, be merciless, be thorough, and take no prisoners!
Mining of uranium ores has been a controversial issue because of its use in atomic weapons and the potential for accidents at nuclear power stations.
I doubt confiscation is going to be attempted in my lifetime, but we've already seen previous restrictions on new sales come and go and there are bills in the works that would expand upon the previous weapons and magazine restrictions. Obama Win Triggers Firearm-Sales Boom
But his weapon carried special cartridges filled with birdshot rather than soft-tipped lead bullets.
The helicopter can be fitted with gun pods, rocket launchers and air-to-air missiles attached to two removable weapons sponsons.
Moving to consider a world of different communities, we might think of a liberal society as the memetic equivalent of a bioweapon, or alternatively, as a kind of complex organism with a two stage reproduction cycle. Liberalism as Immune System & Bioweapon
the deterrent power of nuclear weapons
If countries have to work together and have to work with companies from other countries, then it makes it nigh impossible – certainly undesireable – for anybody to work on an orbital superweapon. Think Progress » Steve King Blows Up, Physically Grabs TP Blogger When Asked About His Justification Of IRS Attack
The drug addict is his own enemy - slowly killing himself using drugs as a weapon. Dr T.P.Chia
It claimed that the five bunkers could easily store 150 weapons.
For the first time since the U.S. deployment, the factions use their heavy weapons systems: howitzers, heavy machine guns, mortars, and even a few older-model tanks.
Section VI of the proposal covers the challenges and risks to laser weapons ... mainly that of cheaply producing large quantities of Polonium-210 (currently produced only in microgram quantities, and extremely lethal). Boing Boing
It also provided very general guidelines for the future use of nuclear weapons, declaring that these weapons may be used ‘against targets able to withstand nonnuclear attack’ or ‘in the event of surprising military developments.’
conventional weapons
Some in the West even believe these weapons can use biological models.
The spokesman added Ireland insists aircraft overflying national airspace or using its airports for refuelling cannot carry weaponry.
All the time that he had appeared so indifferent to what was going on, he had been looking slily about for some missile or weapon of defence, and at the very instant when the swords were drawn, he espied, standing in the chimney – corner, an old basket – hilted rapier in a rusty scabbard. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Over the years, the main explanation of non-use has centred on the notion of nuclear deterrence: states have been deterred from using nuclear weapons because of the concerns of retaliation in kind by adversaries.
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It will analyze the effects of implosions during non-nuclear mock-up experiments - simulations that will render actual weapons stockpile testing unnecessary.
In exchange for the removal of the weapons the USA pledged to lift the blockade and refrain from invading Cuba. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts
A peasant conscript army was established, with weapons being the possessions of the government.
Colchester police are gearing up to use a new weapon in their armoury.
Pepper spray is not automatic weapons fire.
We will in addition work for a global ban on chemical and biological weapons and stronger controls to prevent proliferation of ballistic missiles.
For seamen, special patterns of musket were introduced and the musketoon, or blunderbuss, became a shipboard weapon useful for discouraging both boarders and putative mutineers.
On nuclear weapons, the Iranian president deplores what he calls unbridled expansion and testing of more powerful warheads, apparently implicating the United States. CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2006
Our armour and weaponry were of course wholly authentic, as were our battle cries of 'Ouch' and 'I can't see where I'm going', although we didn't get round to deciding who was a Roundhead, who a Cavalier. Archive 2009-08-01
The only way we can start to demand (request?) that Iran give up ambitions to weapons is to stop pointing our nukes at them. Cheney Must Be Very Angry « Antiwar.com Blog
The North's shrillness may also be an attempt to undermine the South as the North seeks a warming of relations with America as part of the talks over nuclear weapons.
Most of the patients were men of fighting age, but many were old - far too old to wield weapons. Times, Sunday Times
He glanced back at Vincent, who was puffing and wheezing from the walk down the tunnel under the burden of ammunition, weapons and the oppressive heat of his coat.
Another rule to remember is that weapons usually disenchant into essences while armor usually becomes dust. Steelblossom's guide to making money in WoW
He will identify those two automatic pistols as weapons he test-fired at the Ballistics Lab in order to obtain exemplary rounds.
Charles Smith, the armorer, had spent the night ensuring that the vehicles' main weapon systems, .50-caliber machine guns and Mkl9 grenade launchers, were 100 percent ready.
As for the bouncer, the fast bowler's ultimate weapon in many ways, you generally keep a little bit in reserve.
Even the name is a little chilling, recalling a medieval spearlike weapon as well as a ferocious fish. Try Pike On The Fly
The militants intend to take further advantage of a wider information operations campaign as a strategic weapon.
But the urgency of the drive to dislodge the Iraqi leader largely flows from the threat that he will acquire nuclear weapons.
The instructors walk around with weapons on their belts and constantly remind their pupils to don their ear protectors.
Max is currently being a very, very naughty boy on a geopolitical level and planning to do horrible things with a kind of sonic obliterator bomb that may well be the greenest weapon of mass destruction ever. Screenhead
A force of 70 gunmen opened fire on the compound with automatic weapons and grenade-launchers, according to presidential guard commander Maj.
They bolted into the kitchen and before I could even find a weapon big paws were on my chest, I stumbled back, smacked into the counter and got dog slobber all over my neck.
It also provided very general guidelines for the future use of nuclear weapons, declaring that these weapons may be used ‘against targets able to withstand nonnuclear attack’ or ‘in the event of surprising military developments.’
From 1991 to 1998, the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) identified and dismantled almost all of Iraq's prohibited weapons.
He had cut notches into the wooden surface of the longbow, counting how many foes he had slain with the weapon; so far there were forty-nine marks.
The country will start building a nuclear reactor in June that can produce weapons-grade plutonium, diplomats said Wednesday.
New tools and weapons were invented to hunt the animals of the forests such as red deer, roe deer, wild boar, and cattle.
'Gun,' he shouted to Angelique, both of them instantly pointing their weapons at the backs of two drookit figures who were getting to their feet, machine guns swinging from straps around their shoulders. A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away
His rationality was exiled to that other phantom domain where the Weapon of Law was being constructed according to dream-logic.
When fighting these types it is best to use projectile weapons because seeing as you can't see them, close combat is risky.
Modern fencing has evolved into three basic weapons: the foil, the épée and the sabre.
And chemical and biological weapon toxins have a certain shelf life.
When John was born, Nick was in Russia, along with other rookies from the Legion, battling a squad of soldiers who guarded a weapons plant.
It was a force to be proud of: the unit was outfitted with state of the art weaponry, and each had a shield strapped on his back.
The use of nuclear weapons is a horrible threat to the species.
He said he was also concerned about the number of imitation weapons and air rifles in the county.
A Xinjiang television broadcast carried pictures of weapons, riot damage and injured and dead security personnel.
The developer also appears to have paid special attention to weapons effects, with pyrotechnical ricochets and brightly flaring muzzle flashes particularly deserving of praise.
Mubarak's initiative for a Middle East free from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons was also welcomed.
In the "Carol of Occupations" occur, too, those formidable inventories of the more heavy and coarsegrained trades and tools that few if any readers have been able to stand before, and that have given the scoffers and caricaturists their favorite weapons. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
In addition to the skills necessary to fly their missions, Commando Helicopter Force members are trained in small-arms weapons as well as tactics and survival fieldcraft.

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