conventional weapon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conventional weapon
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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These concepts are defined in the second column of the table using conventional symbols for the dominant allele for each characteristic.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In the cover photograph for her 1975 album, “Horses,” she trades conventional symbols of femininity for dark pants, a white shirt and ennui.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2015
They are conventional symbols for the spiritual realities we call ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
While Moreau's centaurs, sphinxes and Cyclopes are conventional symbols, Redon created monsters seen only by himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a matter of fact, statements of truth are but conventional symbols at the best, and possess only the ethical and emotional value associated with them in our minds.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
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