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armament

DEFINITIONS OF: armament

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n weaponry used by military or naval force

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armory, armoury, arsenal
all the weapons and equipment that a country has
artillery, gun, heavy weapon, ordnance
large but transportable armament
broadside
all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
launcher, rocket launcher
armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
munition, ordnance, ordnance store
military supplies
torpedo
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
aerial torpedo
a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane
bangalore torpedo
a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire
bazooka
a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon
cannon
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
field artillery, field gun
movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
four-pounder
an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds
homing torpedo
a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)
submarine torpedo
a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine
Type of:
arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system
weapons considered collectively

n the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Synonyms:
arming, equipping
Antonyms:
disarmament, disarming
act of reducing or depriving of arms
Types:
outfitting
the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
rearmament
the act of arming again
refit
outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
Type of:
militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
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