arsenal
Other forms: arsenals
An arsenal is a storehouse for weapons. It wouldn't be wise to let your enemies get a hold of the keys to your arsenal.
Not just a place to store weapons, an arsenal can be a place to make weapons or it can mean the collection of weapons themselves: "The air force had just added two top-secret fighter planes to its arsenal." In a more general sense, the word can be a collection of anything used as a weapon, not just military weapons: "She had a whole arsenal of witty comebacks for the lame pickup-lines guys tried out on her."
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all the weapons and equipment that a country has
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a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of armstype of:military installationany facility servicing military forces
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a place where arms are manufactured
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