armament
[ahr-muh-muh nt]
- the arms and equipment with which a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.
- a land, sea, or air force equipped for war.
- armor(def 5).
- Usually armaments. military strength collectively: the armaments race; a country without armaments.
- the process of equipping or arming for war.
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Origin of armament
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Contemporary Examples
They had tanks and mortars and all sorts of armaments provided by the American taxpayer.
And if so, does that mean that you then have to take out the armaments in Damascus and are you prepared then to bomb Damascus?
But there appeared to be no evidence that armaments were stored in the Dalu home.
In what way, exactly, is a nation bristling with armaments like people gunned down by the Einsatzgruppen?
From assault rifles to antiaircraft missiles, Libya is overflowing with armaments.
Historical Examples
They differ in the number of men and the quantity of armaments assigned to them.
Secret ArmiesJohn L. Spivak
Literary criticism, armaments, tariffs, manners—there was no end to it.
The WorshippersDamon Francis Knight
This proof lies in his handling of the nation's armaments and finances.
William Pitt and the Great WarJohn Holland Rose
Wasn't it that book that converted the millionaire maker of armaments of war?
The ConvertElizabeth Robins
He broke off into a digression on armaments and speeds in which I could not follow him.
The Riddle of the SandsErskine Childers
armament
- (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
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin armāmenta utensils, from armāre to equip
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Word Origin and History for armaments
armament
n.
c.1600, "munitions of war" (especially the great guns on board a man-of-war), also "naval force equipped for war" (1690s), from Latin armamentum "implement," from Latin armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see arm (n.2)). Meaning "process of equipping for war" is from 1813.
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