Weapon vs Propelled - What's the difference?
weapon | propelled |
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 15, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC
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To cause to move in a certain direction.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter V
To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
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As a noun weapon
is an instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.As a verb propelled is
past tense of propel.weapon
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Noun
(en noun)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Stoke 2-0 Bolton, passage=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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ADW * assault weapon * ATGW * atomic weapon * AWB * biological weapon * biological-weapon * bioweapon * chemical weapon * cold weapon * conventional weapon * crew-served weapon * cyberweapon * doomsday weapon * murder weapon * nonweapon * nuclear weapon * NWIP * NWS * radiological-weapon * radiological weapon * ranged weapon * section automatic weapon * siege weapon * space weapon * squad automatic weapon * superweapon * superweaponry * thermonuclear weapon * weapon of mass destruction * weaponed * weaponeer * weaponization * weaponize * weapons free * weapons-grade * weapons hold * weapons tight * weaponsmith * WMDpropelled
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Verb
(head)Derived terms
* self-propelledpropel
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Verb
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,