conventional weapon

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noun

a nonnuclear weapon.

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Origin of conventional weapon

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby conventional weapon

convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionality, conventionalize, conventional weapon, conventional wisdom, convention center, conventioneer, conventioner, conventual

How to use conventional weapon in a sentence

There are also other hostile humans and androids that you can dispatch with conventional weapons, but, true to gaming’s survival horror genre, ammo is limited to keep the pressure high.
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Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.
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The end of conventional childbirth might only be a matter of time.
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Despite conventional wisdom, there are no rewards just for participating.
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But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.
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He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and faced 15 years prison time.
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The Frenchman's blade scintillated in the setting sun around Haggard's more stiffly held weapon.
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Haggard flung his weapon to the ground, and all four men crowded round the corpse.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But he found the weapon unwieldy, and he returned to his hotel a sadder man than he left it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
They divested themselves of their coats and vests, and, bare-headed, each advanced to receive his weapon.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.
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