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arsenal

[ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl]

noun

  1. a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.

  2. a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured.

  3. a collection or supply of weapons or munitions.

  4. a collection or supply of anything; store.

    He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data.



arsenal

/ ˈɑːsənəl /

noun

  1. a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items

  2. a workshop or factory that produces munitions

  3. a store of anything regarded as weapons

    an arsenal of destructive arguments

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arsenal1

1500–10; (< Middle French ) < Italian arzanale < Upper Italian ( Venetian ) arzanà dockyard < Arabic dār ṣināʿah workshop (literally, house of handwork); initial d probably taken as a form of the preposition di from
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Word History and Origins

Origin of arsenal1

C16: from Italian arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic dār sīn`ah, from dār house + sīn`ah manufacture
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It’s easy to be confident when you have an arsenal like Yesavage’s.

On Tuesday, the right-hander appeared to be more meticulous with his overwhelming arsenal.

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There, he started to refine his approach and trust his high-octane arsenal in the zone more.

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The list also includes U.S. demands for a Chinese crackdown on fentanyl, China’s aid to Russia in its war with Ukraine, the future of Taiwan and China’s growing nuclear arsenal.

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Artificial intelligence is now part of advertisers’ arsenal, and some are using it to blur the line between newscast and sales pitch.

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