armament
noun
ar·ma·ment
ˈär-mə-mənt 
also ˈärm-mənt
Examples of armament in a Sentence
The country's armament will take years.
a small nation that is determined to have adequate armaments
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India’s aggregate demand and the UAE’s energy would supplement Israeli technology and American armaments.
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
All about us grow more deadly armaments—military and economic.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
On the long list of reasons the United States could have lost World War II—the terribly effective surprise Japanese attack, an awful lack of military readiness, the relatively untrained troops—there is perhaps no area in which Americans were more initially outmatched than armament.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
What To Know The nearly 16,000-ton Michael Monsoor, which currently has 80 tubes for launching a variety of missiles in its original armament configuration, departed its home port at Naval Base San Diego on March 28, according to photos released by the U.S. Navy.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
All about us grow more deadly armaments—military and economic.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
On the long list of reasons the United States could have lost World War II—the terribly effective surprise Japanese attack, an awful lack of military readiness, the relatively untrained troops—there is perhaps no area in which Americans were more initially outmatched than armament.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
What To Know The nearly 16,000-ton Michael Monsoor, which currently has 80 tubes for launching a variety of missiles in its original armament configuration, departed its home port at Naval Base San Diego on March 28, according to photos released by the U.S. Navy.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for armament
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“Armament.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armament. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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armament
noun
ar·ma·ment
ˈär-mə-mənt
1
: the military strength and equipment of a nation
2
: a supply of war materials
3
: the process of preparing for war
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