armament
noun
ar·ma·ment
ˈär-mə-mənt 
also ˈärm-mənt
Examples of armament in a Sentence
The country's armament will take years.
a small nation that is determined to have adequate armaments
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The expansion includes eight new categories of weapons, which sounds fancy, but these new armament types are more about small, thoughtful ways to change your fighting style — not dramatically changing the meta.
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Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Last week’s public presidential commemoration of D-Day and the liberation of the French people in 1944 seems a sharp contrast to our government’s disposition to provide armaments and moral support for a system that has encased hundreds of thousands of refugees in fenced enclaves for decades.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
The remaining portions of the loan will be used to fund munitions development in Ukrainian territory so its army can manufacture some armaments on its own, to rebuild critical infrastructure, and to shore up its national budget.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 14 June 2024
But the two others are formidable warships: The missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the nuclear submarine Kazan can pack a wallop in terms of armament and are part of Russia’s attempts to catch up with the world’s modern navies.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
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Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
Last week’s public presidential commemoration of D-Day and the liberation of the French people in 1944 seems a sharp contrast to our government’s disposition to provide armaments and moral support for a system that has encased hundreds of thousands of refugees in fenced enclaves for decades.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
The remaining portions of the loan will be used to fund munitions development in Ukrainian territory so its army can manufacture some armaments on its own, to rebuild critical infrastructure, and to shore up its national budget.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 14 June 2024
But the two others are formidable warships: The missile frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the nuclear submarine Kazan can pack a wallop in terms of armament and are part of Russia’s attempts to catch up with the world’s modern navies.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
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armament
noun
ar·ma·ment
ˈär-mə-mənt
1
: the military strength and equipment of a nation
2
: a supply of war materials
3
: the process of preparing for war
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