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ar·ma·ment
/
ˈɑr
mə
mənt
/
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[
ahr
-m
uh
-m
uh
nt
]
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noun
1.
the
arms
and equipment with
which
a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.
2.
a land, sea, or air
force
equipped for war.
3.
armor
(
def 5
)
.
4.
Usually,
armaments.
military strength collectively:
the armaments
race
; a country without armaments.
5.
the process of equipping or
arming
for war.
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Origin:
1690–1700;
<
Latin
armāmenta
fittings, equivalent to
armā
(
re
) to fit out (see
arm
2
) +
-menta
(plural)
-ment
Related forms
non·ar·ma·ment,
noun
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World English Dictionary
armament
(ˈɑːməmənt)
—
n
1.
(
often plural
) the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft
2.
a military force raised and armed ready for war
3.
preparation for war involving the production of equipment and arms
[C17: from Latin
armāmenta
utensils, from
armāre
to equip]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
armament
c.1600, "munitions of war" (especially the great guns on board a man-of-war), also "naval force equipped for war" (1699), from L. armamentum, from armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see
arm
(2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Its purpose is to serve as an inspector of great variety of
armament
materiel.
As a result of these techniques,
armament
programs may be dangerously delayed.
As a general rule, there is a great want of uniformity in the
armament
of this command.
And this power idea carries with it much more mischief than the threat of sudden war and the attendant necessities of
armament
.
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