as in armories
a place where military arms are stored
sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons
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Recent Examples of arsenals
Both Russia and the United States—which have the world's largest and second-largest arsenals—have regularly test-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
When completed, the delivery of the HIMARS to Manama will augment an already impressive array of multiple rocket launch systems in the military arsenals of the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
As militaries increasingly rely on drones for both roles, systems like the MQM-172 are likely to become a fixture in US and allied arsenals.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
At that time, two nuclear superpowers held each other in check while a few other nations kept small arsenals for deterrence and almost all other countries abided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, meant to limit the spread of these diabolical weapons.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Russia is also demanding limits on Ukraine's weapons arsenals and the sophistication of its military technology.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025
Other countries trying to develop their own arsenals have carried out tests more recently.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The Americans, Soviets, British, French, and Chinese got to keep their arsenals, enabling deterrence to continue to work, while other signatories gave up the right to go nuclear.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
China has historically resisted these discussions, arguing that Washington and Moscow should scale back their arsenals before demanding cuts from Beijing.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
When completed, the delivery of the HIMARS to Manama will augment an already impressive array of multiple rocket launch systems in the military arsenals of the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
As militaries increasingly rely on drones for both roles, systems like the MQM-172 are likely to become a fixture in US and allied arsenals.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
At that time, two nuclear superpowers held each other in check while a few other nations kept small arsenals for deterrence and almost all other countries abided by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, meant to limit the spread of these diabolical weapons.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Russia is also demanding limits on Ukraine's weapons arsenals and the sophistication of its military technology.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025
Other countries trying to develop their own arsenals have carried out tests more recently.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The Americans, Soviets, British, French, and Chinese got to keep their arsenals, enabling deterrence to continue to work, while other signatories gave up the right to go nuclear.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
China has historically resisted these discussions, arguing that Washington and Moscow should scale back their arsenals before demanding cuts from Beijing.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arsenals
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Even better, students get two cards and can use their membership to order online and have their goods delivered to them or use their card in warehouses.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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The new distillery honors some architectural elements of the original Imperial site, incorporating a small number of original warehouses and ancillary structures.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The local council’s facilities across the town, including libraries, information centers and depots, would remain closed until further notice, Nicholas added.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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This satellite photo shows infrastructure, including two groupings of what AMTI described as munitions depots, on the western end of Barque Canada Reef in the contested Spratly Islands, on August 1, 2025.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Arsenals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenals. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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