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Definition of Armament
1. Noun. Weaponry used by military or naval force.
Generic synonyms: Arms, Implements Of War, Munition, Weaponry, Weapons System
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Arm
2. Noun. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
Generic synonyms: Militarisation, Militarization, Mobilisation, Mobilization
Specialized synonyms: Outfitting, Rearmament
Derivative terms: Arm, Equip
Antonyms: Disarmament, Disarming
Definition of Armament
1. n. A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
Definition of Armament
1. Noun. A body of forces equipped for war. ¹
2. Noun. (military naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification. ¹
3. Noun. Any equipment for resistance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Armament
1. a military force equipped for war [n -S]
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Literary usage of Armament
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"Dissatisfaction of the Peloponnesian armament with, its General. ... decreed by
the Athenian armament: Alcibiades elected General by the armament. ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1900)
"It is drawn up by the Bureau of Ordnance, and the amount of weight apportioned
to armament is based upon the design of the Maine, in which the weight of ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"SICILIAN AFFAIRS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ATHENIAN armament BEFORE SYRACUSE.
... If the destruction of the great Athenian armament (in September 413 BC) ..."
4. The Relations of the United States and Spain: The Spanish-American War by French Ensor Chadwick (1911)
"("None of the armament of this fort is of any value whatever. ... armament.—Two
15-cm. (5.9-inch) Ordonez. These guns could be trained only to NW J W. LA ..."
5. American Diplomacy in the Orient by John Watson Foster (1903)
"The vessels engaged in this trade carried quite a formidable armament of ...
He says: " Our ship was pierced for thirty-six guns, but our armament was ..."
6. A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the by Benjamin Trumbull (1818)
"... armament. Alarm in New- England. His total failure. Supplies furnished by
Connecticut during the war. The general effects of it on the colonies. ..."
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