armament

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Recent Examples of armament Within these broad categories there was a bewildering array of specific armaments. Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 Kim had also supervised two rounds of missile tests from the Choe Hyon last month while vowing to accelerate the nuclear armament of his navy. ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 Now, given that the US and Israel have attacked the country as negotiations were ongoing, Iran’s hardliners in parliament are calling on the regime to advance to full nuclear armament. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 The new armament features a Kinsect that harvest extract as players attack. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armament
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Noun
  • The militant group Hamas has reached an agreement with the Board of Peace – tasked with implementing a long term ceasefire plan in Gaza – to relinquish its weapons, a senior official told CNN on Friday.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Police weapons are expected to be the first arms to be relinquished.
    Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • But are these findings evidence that remote work purists have been right all along or ammunition for the return-to-office crowd?
    Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • In her latest deployment to Kuwait, she was assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, which provides food, fuel, water, ammunition, transport equipment and other supplies.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • Its 42mm bronze case reflects the armor and weaponry of the Bronze Age while reinforcing the connection to ancient craftsmanship.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • But a new archeological analysis suggests some royal women in ancient Egypt such as Princess Ita may have been more skilled with weaponry than historians once believed.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Each target may require a different approach, from robotic arms to nets, harpoons, or enclosure systems like ClearSpace's.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The growing size and sophistication of China’s strategic forces are nevertheless expected to influence future discussions on arms control, regional security, and military competition in the Indo-Pacific.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Armament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armament. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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