as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen
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In 2013, City Council approved a plan to turn the armory into the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, a nine-rink skating circus with a 5,000-seat hockey arena.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
What all this boils down to is that even a laser weapon that's already shooting down hostile drones is streets away from one that's officially part of the armory.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
There's a reason these have been made in people's backyards instead of coming from an armory.
—Charlottegraham-McLay The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
What all this boils down to is that even a laser weapon that's already shooting down hostile drones is streets away from one that's officially part of the armory.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
—semafor.com, 27 Nov. 2025
There's a reason these have been made in people's backyards instead of coming from an armory.
—Charlottegraham-McLay The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armory
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Within in an hour of the first departure in Lantana, the helicopter nosedived through the roof of a vacant warehouse near the 3800 block of South Congress Avenue just west of Interstate 95.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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The strikes look to have targeted multiple buildings and small warehouses that make up the barracks, which share the name of the Khordad 15 air defense system officially revealed by the Iranian government in 2019.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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Smoke rises after an Iranian drone attack Wednesday on a fuel depot at Kuwait International Airport.—
Jiachuan Wu,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Broncos hope a new stadium is ready to open in 2031, along with commercial and housing development on Burnham Yard, a train depot dating to 1871.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The test probably indicates Kim is intent on enlarging and modernizing an arsenal of missiles capable of reaching the United States mainland.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with this, but outsourcing the writing to professionals only underscored the degree to which this humble document, once meant to blunt the puffery of the cover letter, had now become the leading weapon in the job seeker’s arsenal.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Armory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armory. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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