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Word entry · 6 letters

weapon

Best crossword clue

"Instrument for fighting"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɛp.ən/Part of speech nounSorted aenopwStarts with WEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

Word origin

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom.

Used in a sentence

  • The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.
  • Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.
  • Rory Delap's long throw-ins are a familiar weapon to the Potters' opponents but this does not make them any easier to defend against.

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