Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A body of forces equipped for war.

    Kriegsstärke, Streitkräfte

    вооружённые си́лыvooružónnyje síly

    збро́йні си́лиzbrójni sýly

  2. (countable, uncountable)All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

    Ausrüstung, Rüstung

    вооруже́нияvooružénija

    озбро́єнняozbrójennja

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any equipment for resistance.

    Ausrüstung

    вооруже́ниеvooružénije, ору́жиеorúžije

    озбро́єнняozbrójennja, збро́яzbrója

  4. (countable, uncountable)The process of building up military capacity.

    Aufrüstung

    вооруже́ниеvooružénije

    озбро́юванняozbrójuvannja, озбро́єнняozbrójennja

More definitions
  • weaponry used by military or naval force
  • the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The assembly voted to protest against any nuclear armament.

  2. A radical disarmament treaty prohibits all armaments and armed forces.

  3. We must consider the question of whether we can afford such huge sums for armaments.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
body of forces equipped for war:
all small arms collectively:
any equipment for resistance:
the process of building up military capacity:
Русский
By meaning 3
body of forces equipped for war:
all small arms collectively:
any equipment for resistance:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
body of forces equipped for war:
all small arms collectively:
the process of building up military capacity:

Origin

From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“to arm”).

From Latin armāmentum, from armō (“to arm”).

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Forms

plural: armaments
Singulararmament
Pluralarmaments

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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