murder slaying execution | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
slaughter massacre mass murder carnage butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
murder conviction | conviction for murder |
genocide race murder racial extermination | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group |
artillery heavy weapon gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
automatic firearm automatic gun automatic weapon | a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released |
bioweapon biological weapon bioarm | any weapon usable in biological warfare, they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon |
chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants |
gun emplacement weapons emplacement | an emplacement for a gun |
nuclear weapon atomic weapon | a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
platform weapons platform | any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons |
weapon arm weapon system | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting, he was licensed to carry a weapon |
weapon of mass destruction WMD W.M.D. | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
weaponry arms implements of war weapons system munition | weapons considered collectively |
weapons carrier | military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews |
murder mystery | a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered |
Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
blue murder | an extravagantly loud outcry, she screamed blue murder |
murder charge murder indictment | an indictment charging someone with murder |
weapon artillery | a means of persuading or arguing, he used all his conversational weapons |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament, administers the Chemical Weapons Convention |
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division NAWCWPNS | the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems |
SWAT team SWAT squad Special Weapons and Tactics team Special Weapons and Tactics squad | a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations |
murder suspect | someone suspected of committing murder |
weapons plutonium weapon-grade plutonium | plutonium that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled, it is stored in plutonium pits |
mangle mutilate murder | alter so as to make unrecognizable, The tourists murdered the French language |
murder slay hit dispatch bump off off polish off remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation, The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered |
industrial-strength weapons-grade | extremely strong or concentrated or durable, industrial-strength detergent, weapons-grade salsa |
weapons-grade | of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction), weapons-grade plutonium, weapons-grade anthrax |
flat out like blue murder | at top speed, he ran flat out to catch the bus, he was off down the road like blue murder |