Meaning of ARMAMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârmumunt
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- [n] the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
- [n] weaponry used by military or naval force
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| | Synonyms: | | arming, equipping |
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| | Antonyms: | | disarmament, disarming | | |
| | See Also: | | armory, armoury, arms, arsenal, artillery, broadside, gun, heavy weapon, implements of war, launcher, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization, munition, munitions, ordnance, ordnance stores, outfitting, rearmament, rocket launcher, torpedo, weaponry, weapons system | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar"ma*ment\, n. [L. armamenta, pl., utensils, esp. the
tackle of a ship, fr. armare to arm: cf. LL. armamentum, F.
armement.]
1. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or
naval force. ``The whole united armament of Greece.''
--Glover.
2. (Mil. & Nav.) All the cannon and small arms collectively,
with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a
fortification.
3. Any equipment for resistance.
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| | Related Terms: | | accouterment, accouterments, aegis, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armor, arms, A-weapons, biological weapons, catering, chandlery, conveniences, conventional weapons, deadly weapons, duffel, endowment, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, finding, fitting out, fittings, fixtures, furnishing, furnishings, furnishment, furniture, gear, guard, impedimenta, installations, instruments of destruction, investment, kit, logistics, machinery, materiel, missilery, munition, munitions, musketry, nuclear weapons, ordnance, outfit, outfitting, paraphernalia, plant, plumbing, preparation, procurement, protection, providing, provision, provisioning, purveyance, reinforcement, replenishment, resupply, retailing, rig, rigging, safeguard, security, selling, shield, side arms, small arms, stock-in-trade, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, tackle, thermonuclear weapons, things, utensils, victualing, ward, weaponry, weapons |
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