weaponry

noun

weap·​on·​ry ˈwe-pən-rē 

1

: weapons

2

: the science of designing and making weapons

Examples of weaponry in a Sentence

The army has developed some new high-tech weaponry.

Recent Examples on the Web

Torpedoes are quite old and in many ways quite simple compared with more modern weaponry. —James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

For the remnants of the Iranian regime—and, especially, the hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard, who control much of the state’s weaponry—the strategy is clear. —Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026

The edgy-but-clean aesthetic covers the Runners’ bodies and most of the gadgets and weaponry, and this CE’s hexagonal box follows that style. —Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Nearly 1,000 workers from OpenAI and Google have signed an open letter demanding the companies to refuse the Pentagon’s demands to use their AI tech for mass surveillance and autonomous weaponry. —Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

weaponry

noun

weap·​on·​ry ˈwep-ən-rē 

: weapons as a whole