Weapon's List Master

Patrick Rutledge (United Kingdom)
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  1. harpoon
    a spear with a barbed point for catching large fish
  2. weapon
    any instrument used in fighting or hunting
  3. tomahawk
    weapon consisting of a fighting ax
  4. antiaircraft
    designed for defense from land against air attack
  5. army
    a permanent organization of a nation's military land forces
  6. navy
    the branch of armed services that conducts operations at sea
  7. whale
    largest mammal with a streamlined body and a blowhole
  8. whaler
    a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
  9. hunt
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  10. bow and arrow
    a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them
  11. spear
    a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
  12. axe
    an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
  13. sword
    a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
  14. chain mail
    (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
  15. armor
    protective covering made of metal and used in combat
  16. plate armor
    specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
  17. robot
    a mechanism that can move automatically
  18. halberd
    a pike fitted with an ax head
  19. helicopter
    an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
  20. plane
    an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  21. circumstances
    one's overall condition in life
  22. armada
    a large fleet
  23. swagger
    walk with a lofty proud gait
  24. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  25. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  26. flank
    the side between ribs and hipbone
  27. destroy
    do away with; cause the ruin or undoing of
  28. shield
    armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
  29. helmet
    a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
  30. pike
    weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole
  31. bayonet
    a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
  32. gun
    a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity
  33. machine gun
    a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
Created on Thu Mar 14 13:49:52 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Mar 18 14:27:36 EDT 2013)

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