English-French translations for weapon

• arme
  La Libye a fourni des armes à l'IRA. Libya supplied weapons to the IRA.
  La politique des armes ne peut être vaincue que par l’arme de la politique. Only the weapon of politics can beat the politics of weapons.
  On leur donne de l'argent pour acheter nos armes. We are giving them money to buy our weapons.

Definition of weapon

• An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords
• An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another
• A tool of any kind
• An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person

Examples

• The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon
• Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs
• Choose your weapon.

Related words

• Assault Weapons Ban
• AWB
• assault with a deadly weapon
• ADW
• nuclear weapons inheritance project
• NWIP
• nuclear weapons state
• NWS