They sometimes talk about zucchini and "green goods," which the government has suggested could mean weapons.

That would mean fewer weapons on ready alert and fewer troops in Germany.

He had meant military weapons, but the colonel had taken him too literally.

This job meant weapons and money for his movement.

By poison I mean both chemical and biological weapons.

"Power," in this sense, is broadly understood to mean material power, such as a large army, sophisticated weapons, an advanced economy, and so on.

That meant nice dirty weapons to rag on them about come Monday and regular training.

As she crouched there, striving to rest, she drew upon memory for any scraps of information which might mean weapons.

"We can only give them the minimum ability to defend themselves, and that means weapons."

If that "responsibility" means rich weapons contracts, so much the better.