armaments

ar·ma·ment

 (är′mə-mənt)

n.

1. The weapons and supplies of war with which a military unit is equipped.

2. often armaments All the military forces and war equipment of a country.

3. A military force equipped for war.

4. The process of arming for war.

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[Latin armāmenta, tools, from arma, arms; see arm².]

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ar′ma·men′tar·y (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē) adj.

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Thesaurus

armaments

plural noun weapons, arms, guns, ammunition, weaponry, ordnance, munitions, materiel global efforts to reduce nuclear armaments

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Translations

armamenti

armaments

[ˈɑːm/əmənts] npl (weapons) → armamenti mpl

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