noun

armament

AH-muh-muhnt

noun

Weapons and military equipment, especially considered collectively.

"The base stored enough armament to equip an entire division."

"The treaty limited each country's armament."

The process of building up a country's military strength.

"Rapid armament in the 1930s alarmed neighbouring countries."

How to Use Armament

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishWeapons and military equipment, or the process of building up military strength.

Easily confused with

armaments

Common pairings

nuclear armament armament programme

armaments plural

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The base stored enough _____ to equip an entire division.

From Latin armamentum, from armare, "to arm."

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