weaponry
noun
weap·on·ry
ˈwe-pən-rē 
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The army has developed some new high-tech weaponry.
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The Norwegian Sea test marks the Air Force’s latest effort to integrate anti-ship weaponry onto its aircraft to counter rising adversarial naval challenges.
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The Norwegian Sea test marks the Air Force’s latest effort to integrate anti-ship weaponry onto its aircraft to counter rising adversarial naval challenges.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Terrorist groups have increasingly gained access to more sophisticated weaponry through state support like that provided by Iran to groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Advertisement In the brief India-Pakistan war this summer that followed the massacre of 26 Indian tourists in Kashmir, Pakistani forces used Chinese weaponry.
—Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Weaponry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weaponry. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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weaponry
noun
weap·on·ry
ˈwep-ən-rē
: weapons as a whole
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