arsenal

American  

[ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl] / ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl /

noun

1. a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.

2. a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured.

3. a collection or supply of weapons or munitions.

4. a collection or supply of anything; store.

   He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data.

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arsenal British  

/ ˈɑːsənəl /

noun

1. a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items

2. a workshop or factory that produces munitions

3. a store of anything regarded as weapons

   an arsenal of destructive arguments

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Etymology

Origin of arsenal

1500–10; (< Middle French ) < Italian arzanale < Upper Italian ( Venetian ) arzanà dockyard < Arabic dār ṣināʿah workshop (literally, house of handwork); initial d probably taken as a form of the preposition di from

Example Sentences

Europe would likely seek to create its own security arrangements, and even a nuclear arsenal, strategists said.

From Barron's

Europe would likely seek to create its own security arrangements, and even a nuclear arsenal, strategists said.

From Barron's

As recently as 2020, China’s nuclear arsenal stood at around 200 warheads, reflecting a minimum nuclear deterrence posture.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “The Most Awful Responsibility,” Alex Wellerstein, a professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, focuses on Truman’s struggle to control America’s nuclear arsenal: Who keeps the weapons, and who gets to authorize their use?

From The Wall Street Journal

Determining offensive capability involves evaluating the quality of a country or organization’s complete arsenal – air, ground, maritime, cyber and space capabilities – and how trained, disciplined, integrated and lethal their forces might be.

From Salon