armament
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| 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] | |
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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)).
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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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