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

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

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

Example Sentences

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, setting out new conditions under which the country would consider using its arsenal.

From BBC

Meanwhile, earlier on Tuesday, Putin approved changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, setting out new conditions under which the country would consider using its arsenal.

From BBC

Vladimir Putin has approved changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, setting out new conditions under which the country would consider using its arsenal.

From BBC

Given it has the world’s largest army and navy, Washington is now concerned that the country is building a bigger nuclear arsenal.

From BBC

Few believe this may come to pass as, under the mutual-destruction doctrine established during the Cold War when nuclear arsenals were built up, Putin knows their use would bring untold suffering to all, including Russians.

From BBC