Sentences with phrase «meant as a weapon»

The Bible is not meant as a weapon against men, only a weapon against evil.

As promised though, they are tricky to use and are very much meant as a weapon of last resort.

Tanks are more meant as weapon platforms now.

Not exact matches

However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.

The UK has acknowledged that the intention of the strikes was not to turn the overall tide in the war and was essentially meant as a punitive action to compel Assad not to use chemical weapons.

To him, anonymity clearly means that it can be used even more conveniently for funding terror activities and other illicit trades such as drugs and weapons.

The whole racism thing is just smoke and mirrors and not necessarily out of hand (I mean, if we're allowed to brandish anti-semitism as weapon, it's only fair), there might be a bit of racism, direct or indirect, but I think it's pretty ridiculous for this woman to want to be buried there in the first place.

If you were a real Christian you would know Christs words speak for themselves and the fact that he didn't take the sword away and turn it into a pruning shear right then and there does not mean he was saying «I mean all this stuff is for later after I come back and kill all the evil people and those who haven't accepted me as their savior so you won't have to fear anyone so you can finally give up your guns and weapons of war...» You disgust me chad.

Sex is treated as torment, or possession, or weapon against the world; but the note of gratitude for sexuality as enrichment of life, for ecstatic joy and the serenity of faithful companionship, all this gets left out of the meaning of sex.

We are to wage the warfare of faith, our only weapons those Paul speaks of: prayer, the Word of God, the justice of God, the zeal with which the gospel of peace endows us, (I consider «zeal» most particularly important; the term means military courage, such as characterized the Zealots.

As one of these women said: «There are a lot of Christians who are using their faith as a political weapon, which it's never meant to be.&raquAs one of these women said: «There are a lot of Christians who are using their faith as a political weapon, which it's never meant to be.&raquas a political weapon, which it's never meant to be.»

As sociology came to mean a weapon of aggression for some, others, bent on the defensive, wanted a «religious,» «Christian,» or «Protestant» sociology.

And shall not memory be able to remind him of that time when he sneaked away by underhanded means, in order to avoid a decision; of that time when he gave the matter another turn, in order to please men; of that time that he deserted his post, in order to let the storm pass over; of that time he knuckled under, in order to secure an easing off of his painful position; of that time he sought refuge and association with others — perhaps, as it is called, in order to work all the more effectively for the Good's victory, that is, in order to make his own position a little less difficult than as though at the midnight hour, somewhat terror - stricken, one stood all alone «with heavily loaded weapons at his dangerous post.»

Worse still, until recently these weapons have been accepted by public opinion as legitimate and essential means of defense.

A ban on the possession of outlawed weapons such as zombie knives and knuckledusters on private property would mean officers can seize them and make arrests.

«Protracted» means prolonged, dragged out; does that mean that nuclear weapons would be fired as long as someone were left alive to push the buttons, long after major cities had been destroyed and millions of humans killed?

For him, mystery can be hoarded as a weapon in his arsenal of deceit, as a spiritual poison gas meant to blind true vision and stifle true thought.

Yet, FEAR IS ANOTHER CHAMBER TO RELEASE A GUN INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE, WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR ITS ONLY MEANS OF DEFENSE, WHEN WE ARE FINDING THAT IT IS TOO LIKELY THAT A GUN IS SET ON A SHELF TO EVENTUALLY BE USED, WHEN IT IS CONSIDERED AS A WEAPON AGAINST FEAR.

Fights broke out, and part of the stand was set on fire, with fire extinguishers being thrown into the crowd as weapons rather than being used for what they are meant for.

Based on highly credible intelligence, UNSCOM [the U.N. weapons inspectors] suspects that Iraq still has biological agents like anthrax, botulinum toxin, and clostridium perfringens in sufficient quantity to fill several dozen bombs and ballistic missile warheads, as well as the means to continue manufacturing these deadly agents.

When Mr Moon was last in government, in the early 2000s, South Korea had a «Sunshine Policy» which meant co-operation with North Korea, a policy which was abandoned as North Korea tested nuclear weapons.

As I said after that vote, the Iran deal paved the way for a dangerous state sponsor of terrorism to achieve what it wanted most — nuclear weapons, and the means and funds to deliver them.

Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?

This means you can use it to find traces of chemical weapons such as sarin or to identify the residue of pesticides on food.

You decommission a weapon of mass destruction, which carried as its payload the means of destroying everything we cherish, and you convert that into a bus that launches a spacecraft into Earth's orbit, which is a means for exploring the universe.

You have only 4 weapons for Predator (Plasma cannon, disc which doesn't lock - on anymore, spear which you can't use as a close combat weapon, mines), no spear gun, no net shootig gun, no plasma pistol means predator fans will get dissapointed.

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

With a strong emphasis on audiovisual work as a source of power, we can grasp the meaning that the documentary goes through in this statement: «Words and the camera, like human technologies, are stronger than weapons.»

As a means of illustration, it took me about two days of playing in order to collect enough materials to craft the weapon that I eventually finished the game with, and that's not counting the time invested for the armor I was wearing.

The swords are rather neutral weapons right now, barely even using any of the stamina bar as you can simply rely on standard light and heavy attacks, but the axe lets you charge up your attack, sapping your stamina in the process and rooting you to the spot, which means you need to get your timing and positioning right to get the best from it.

Besides what I've already mentioned, I loved that Survivors didn't need to be escorted anywhere, the easier - to - access weapon combinations meant that I used laser swords and football grenades more often, and as a legitimate continuation of the storyline, I was interested to see what would happen, plot-wise.

Unemployed art school graduates Mingming and Yue take turns filming each other with a small camera, exploring a range of issues rarely shown in any national cinema with such deadpan accuracy — from the complex waters of female friendship to «pussy» as a commodity, from the desire to use filmmaking as a weapon to the decision to make a baby — an up - in - your face, playful, sassy deconstruction of what it means to be a young woman now.

Gallows Dodger might not be as funny as some of the others, but being able to tell that story means it will probably always be my favorite weapon in this game.

Obviously Mario and Luigi won't have weapons, swords nor items as means of regular attacks in the way the characters do in Xenoblade (or will they....).

This question can apply to other MH titles, but I thought I'd ask it for both 3U / 4U seeing as how I'm flip - flopping between both I know that Affinity in any given weapon basically equals the percentage amount of critical strikes and deals more damage as a whole... but after jumping back into 3U and hearing about the Chaotic Gore items on 4U, I've always questioned what negative Affinity means.

This means that as a full set, Deviljho's armor is great for increasing the sharpness of your weapon with Handicraft, while giving you a greater chance of knocking off monster parts with Part Breaker.

Violence: The short film preceding this movie features frequent cartoon violence such as mean - spirited bullying, pitchforks and other common objects used as weapons.

And lest you think that Cap's shield is a silly costume piece of only occasional use, it is shown here as not only the best means of protection, but a most formidable weapon.

yeah thats HUGE... that means as many more armours and weapons from each monsters (+ of course ALOT more from event quests, and «non-boss» armours and weapons)..

These are arena challenges, which means each quest offers a pool of set weapons to choose from and limited consumable items such as potions or antidotes.

The first two are the veterans, and Roman is not, which means the movie portrays him as a whiny, sniveling coward — until the moment that he picks up a pistol and learns the proper way to draw his weapon.

It's a rare moment of religious pluralism within a studio production, although Rains» ability to perfectly quote from the Bible at a pivotal juncture is meant to unify the two faiths as vital weapons against Fascist sympathizers during WWII's outbreak.

What's the use of education if it becomes a weapon to destroy others through armed conflicts, technology and desire to control and dominate; as well as a weapon to destroy ourselves — and I mean not just through suicidal attempts.

It is meant to address the immemorial problem of poverty through an economic formula utilizing culture as a creative weapon for people empowerment and to discombobulate the culture of corruption that will instil a mind - set of good governance and responsible citizenship.

Considering that nearly all suspensions are meted out for minor issues such as disruptive behavior (and not because of acts of violence, drug abuse, or weapons possession), this almost always means that black children are being dealt harshly by adults in situations in which white peers are let off the hook.

There are some good parts here and there about what food means to different people and how often food is used as a weapon or a crutch, but for me this wasn't enough.

She was not born so much as she was created, literally grown in a lab as a replacement for a man who had been meant to be the ultimate weapon.

Digital Harassment Is the New Means of Domestic Abuse — February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and a growing concern among those who work with victims of domestic violence that «technology is increasingly replacing fists as the weapon of choice in abusive relationships.»

The highly complex and very expensive development costs of these weapons systems, as well as the Department of Defense's (DOD) conservative approach to whom it works with (company trust, expertise and reputation are everything in this business), mean that smaller, less well capitalized rivals are essentially locked out of the market.

That means no concrete date was given out, but they did demo some new features such as computer controlled bots, custom weapons and character customization.