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weapon

Also known as arm, armament, arms, weapons

thumb|right|upright=1.2|Selection of weapons and replicas collected by security officers at Manchester Airport in 2013

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A weapon is any object or device designed or used to cause harm or injury to people. They matter because understanding weapons is important for security, safety, law enforcement, and historical knowledge across societies.

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Research

29,153 papers

Starvation as a weapon of war must stop.Lancet (London, England) · 2024The LancetDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00684-6
Non-lethal weapon: Injury patterns and imaging correlates for firearm alternatives.ReviewClinical imaging · 2021Manhas NS, Stahl D, Schellenberg M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.03.007
Carfentanil: a weapon of mass destruction.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2019Shafer SLDOI: 10.1007/s12630-019-01295-x
Weapon performance drives weapon evolution.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Emberts Z, Hwang WS, Wiens JJDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2898
Weapon to woe: historiographical debates on the development, use and legacy of the atomic bomb.ReviewMedicine, conflict, and survival · 2025Duurland TDOI: 10.1080/13623699.2025.2555797
Bullying and weapon carrying: a meta-analysis.ReviewJAMA pediatrics · 2014van Geel M, Vedder P, Tanilon JDOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.213
A comparative brief on conducted electrical weapon safety.ReviewWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2019Kunz SN, Adamec JDOI: 10.1007/s10354-018-0616-4
Review of weapon noise measurement and damage risk criteria: considerations for auditory protection and performance.ReviewMilitary medicine · 2015Nakashima A, Farinaccio RDOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00204

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Commons category: Weapons
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/Weapon
Commons gallery: Weapons
2022 Harmonized System Code: 93
hashtag: weapon
P8168: Canchy

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History
Prehistoric
Ancient history
Post-classical history
Modern history
Early modern
World War I
Interwar
Criminalizing poison gas
World War II and postwar
Nuclear weapons
International arm cooperation
Types
By user
By function
By target
Manufacture of weapons
Legislation
Gun laws
Arms control laws
Arms trafficking laws
Lifecycle problems
In science fiction
See also
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thumb|right|upright=1.2|Selection of weapons and replicas collected by security officers at Manchester Airport in 2013

A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime (e.g., murder), law enforcement, self-defense, warfare, or suicide. In a broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a tactical, strategic, material, or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target.