Ordnance and Weapon

Ordnance

Ordnance noun - Large firearms (as cannon or rockets).
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Weapon and ordnance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weapon" instead a noun "Ordnance".

Weapon

Weapon noun - Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.
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Synonyms for Weapon

Ordnance and weapon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ordnance" instead a noun "Weapon".

Nearby Words: weaponry, weaponless

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  • Literature / Superpower Empire: China 1912 Weapon of Mass Destruction: The Firestorm bomb, a crude but effective early type of fuel-air ordnance used by the Chinese against Japan.
  • Interservice Rivalry While they had access to the weapon at that time, with some Marine units even being issued them before they headed over, the AEF's chief of ordnance instead forced the use of the infamously-terrible Chauchat because he didn't like Colonel Lewis.
  • Video Game / Painkiller They move slowly take a while to charge up their weapon, but they certainly look like they enjoy using such heavy ordnance.
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