as in armory
a place where military arms are stored
sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons
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Recent Examples of arsenal
The Department of Defense has the largest discretionary budget in the government, millions of Americans in uniform under its direction, and control of a vast arsenal funded by taxpayers.
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Axios, 1 Feb. 2025
The regime responded with all its fury, its full arsenal.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
This holds the launch codes for the country’s missile arsenal, which can be used to order a nuclear strike.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2025
Navigating this new, uncertain terrain, what could the couple—so fluent in all things Online, and with an arsenal of music in dire need of a cultural revision—do?
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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Axios, 1 Feb. 2025
The regime responded with all its fury, its full arsenal.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
This holds the launch codes for the country’s missile arsenal, which can be used to order a nuclear strike.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2025
Navigating this new, uncertain terrain, what could the couple—so fluent in all things Online, and with an arsenal of music in dire need of a cultural revision—do?
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Arsenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenal. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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