NOUN | artifact | armament | weaponry used by military or naval force |
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act | armament, arming, equipping | the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war |
Sounds | aa'rmahmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | weaponry used by military or naval force. | |
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Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Narrower | arsenal, armory, armoury | All the weapons and equipment that a country has |
artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament | |
broadside | All of the armament that is fired from one side / 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 | |
Broader | weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition | weapons considered collectively |
Spanish | armamento, arma | |
Catalan | armament, arma | |
Verbs | arm | supply with arms |
Meaning | The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war. | |
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Synonyms | arming, equipping | |
Narrower | outfitting | The act of renovating and fitting out a ship |
rearmament | The act of arming again | |
Broader | mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation | Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency / emergency |
Opposite | disarming, disarmament | Act of reducing or depriving of arms |
Spanish | armamento, equipamiento | |
Catalan | armament, equipament | |
Verbs | arm | prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
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