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heavy weapon

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Noun1.heavy weaponheavy weapon - large but transportable armament    
artillery, gun, ordnance
armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
field artillery, field gun - movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
four-pounder - an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds
gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"


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Instead of holding the heavy weapon extended, the butt of it and her forearm rested on the table, the muzzle pointed, not at his head, but his chest.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
On my telling him that I regretted not to see him in his own attire, he threw up his right arm, for a moment, as though he were brandishing some heavy weapon, and answered, as he let it fall again, that his race were losing many things besides their dress, and would soon be seen upon the earth no more: but he wore it at home, he added proudly.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
He dashed her to one side, and, rushing to the window, cut at me with his heavy weapon.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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