1 weaponry

2 weapons

3 arms

1 to delete

2 to cancel

1 to eliminate

2 to remove

1 to get rid of

2 to remove

3 to exclude

4 to eliminate

5 to wipe out

6 to divide

7 except

8 not including

1 besides

2 apart from (... also...)

3 in addition to

4 except (for)

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

2 to eradicate

1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly

2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state

3 Rome wasn't built in a day

1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)

2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents