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Answer for the clue "Underwater weapon ", 8 letters:
speargun

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Word definitions for speargun in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A speargun , also known as a scuba gun , is an underwater fishing implement designed to fire a spear at fish or other underwater animals or targets.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.

Usage examples of speargun.

In the screenplay Liysa had discussed with Phil Hetz, the abusive husband was shot in the temple with a speargun that the main female character had hidden under a towel.

He was treading water, holding his position against the outflowing current, a speargun in his hand.

He had wrapped his torso in painful cloth, wrapped a sleeping bag around his speargun and mask and knife, and packed a small bag with a change of clothes and as much as he could of the food he had had in his cupboards.

Most of the things in the EVA locker were obvious enough-spacesuits and hazardous-atmosphere suits, four flybikes cleverly folded into their storage niches under the spacesuit closet, heavy-duty handlamps, camping gear, osmosis masks and scuba gear with flippers and spearguns, one EM-flying belt, three boxes of tools, two well-equipped med-kits, six sets of night-vision and IR goggles, an equal number of lightweight headsets with mike-bead communicators and vid cameras, and comlogs.