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Definition of "armament" []

  • The weapons and supplies of war with which a military unit is equipped. (noun)
  • All the military forces and war equipment of a country. Often used in the plural. (noun)
  • A military force equipped for war. (noun)
  • The process of arming for war. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "armament" in a sentence
  • "Again, not knocking it or anybody's taste in armament, just wanting to better understand."
  • "Emmanual: While I believe that nuclear armament is the most illogical concept ever devised by mankind, the statement above makes nuclear arms logical."
  • "KELLY: Founder Hendrick Slabbinck kept the company going during World war II, when many Belgian workers were used in German armament factories as forced labor."