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armaments

noun

plural of armament
as in weapons

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  1. weapons
  2. arms
Noun
  • In the long history of artists taking over spaces that once housed the creation of deadly weapons—the Park Avenue Armory in New York, the Arsenale in Venice—Da Corte’s studio was a cannonball factory during the Civil War.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Police also found 11 luxury Rolex watches, along with weapons and drug selling paraphernalia, officials said at a press conference Monday.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of weapons
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  • By the end of the 2020s, Combs will set foot back inside his palatial $48 million Miami waterfront home, warmly welcomed into the arms of those who have remained fiercely loyal to him.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The AfD has called for an end to all arms deliveries to Ukraine and a lifting of all sanctions on Russia.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
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“Armaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armaments. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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