as in armory
a place where military arms are stored
sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons
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Recent Examples of arsenal
Hezbollah has introduced fiber-optic drones to its arsenal in the latest escalation with Israel, using nearly invisible cables to control the weapons and bypass Israeli electronic defenses that down other drones.
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Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
How far can an offense led by De’Von Achane, and a weaponry arsenal filled with newcomers, unproven veterans and rookies take this franchise?
—Omar Kelly
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
As Arkeonews highlights, the variations in cannonball size also suggest a mixed arsenal stocked for multiple types of weapons.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Late last year, both the United States and Russia, which have the world’s largest nuclear arsenals, threatened to resume nuclear testing, setting off global alarm bells.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
How far can an offense led by De’Von Achane, and a weaponry arsenal filled with newcomers, unproven veterans and rookies take this franchise?
—Omar Kelly
april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
As Arkeonews highlights, the variations in cannonball size also suggest a mixed arsenal stocked for multiple types of weapons.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Late last year, both the United States and Russia, which have the world’s largest nuclear arsenals, threatened to resume nuclear testing, setting off global alarm bells.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arsenal
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The Islamic Republic of Iran took the lives of two men convicted of trying to storm a military facility and access an armory in January, the Mizan news outlet of Iran's judiciary indicated on Sunday, according to Reuters.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Just the gas of driving to the armory and back twice would take a bite out of that.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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To inch closer to its goals, Amazon has flooded its warehouses with robotics technologies in recent years, including robotic arms like Sparrow, Robin and Cardinal, autonomous cart mover Proteus and inventory sortation system Sequoia to support employees in the fulfillment process.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Surprisingly, that and a lonely warehouse job aren’t enough to improve his mental health.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Arsenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenal. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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