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armament
[ ahr-muh-muhnt ]
armament
/ ˈɑːməmənt /
noun
- often plural the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft
- a military force raised and armed ready for war
- preparation for war involving the production of equipment and arms
Other Words From
- non·arma·ment noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of armament1
Example Sentences
The tender’s bulwarks were not equipped to protect its crew from the slave trader’s heavy armament, so still mostly becalmed, Downes ordered the exhausted crew back to oars.
Likewise, a human operator ordinarily makes the decision to employ the armament on the Jaguar’s Pitbull remote weapon system by using a so-called “point-and-shoot” interface.
Lown became interested in the dangers of nuclear armament in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Profoundly disturbed by the threat of nuclear war, he saw an opportunity — and responsibility — for doctors on both sides of the Iron Curtain to oppose nuclear armament.
Ships also offer customizable loadouts, letting you equip different engine types or armaments to suit your tastes, be they speedy flybys or head-on assaults.
During the 1970s, the then brand new F-15A Eagle carried the same antiquated armament as the Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II.
“We stress that such a system, even in theory, is not part of armament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said Lysenko.
Bonaparte with an immense armament sailed from Toulon for the conquest of Egypt.
At length the court of Madrid began to be alarmed for the safety of Brazil, and fitted out a large armament for its relief.
They were forced to retire with the loss of 2,000 men, and soon after compelled to withdraw the armament.
The Colophonians once possessed a considerable armament, consisting both of ships and of cavalry.
One of the tenders was taken, with its armament and seven seamen; the rest were with difficulty towed out of the creek.
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