armament
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈɑːrməmənt/
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armamento
- In the spring of 1940, workers in Germany's armament industries were beginning to collapse from overwork and underfeeding.
- armament policies
- level of armament
Examples
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An embargo already exists on some armaments.
Academic text (2010) -
Rather, their struggle revolved around armament development, ideological competition, and the occasional surrogate war.
Academic text (1999) -
The first part must have related to armament of some kind.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the meantime, let me know if the new men work out all right and if the armament manual is of any help.
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Public protests by residents and peace activists against nuclear weapons put considerable pressure on Soviet military armament policies.
Academic text (1992) -
All armament personnel report to flight bay to begin loading weaponry.
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Nations are likely to pursue security policies that combine both armament and alliance, but they are not likely to choose one option if the cost is too high.
Academic text (2003) -
Armament crews are putting boxes of ammunition in the planes and checking the gun turrets.
Fiction book (1990) -
If the United States unilaterally withdraws from the ABM treaty, Russia will no longer be formally bound by its obligations to reduce strategic armaments, and the very process of nuclear disarmament will be inevitably terminated, if not reversed.
Academic text (2000) -
The country invested heavily in armament to prepare for potential conflicts.
Synonyms
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5.1
The act of giving weapons to soldiers to prepare for war
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4.1
Giving people or places the tools they need for a task
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8.0
To give a country new weapons and military equipment after it had few weapons
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.5
To reduce or remove weapons and armies between countries to lower the chance of war
How Militarized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Armament comes from the old Latin word arma, 'weapons', plus the ending -ment that shows an action or result. That's why armament can mean the process of supplying or equipping with weapons, especially when a country prepares for war.