ARSENAL Definition & Meaning

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arsenal

[ ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl ]

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noun

a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured.
a collection or supply of weapons or munitions.
a collection or supply of anything; store:
He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data.

arsenal

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noun

a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items
a workshop or factory that produces munitions
a store of anything regarded as weapons
an arsenal of destructive arguments

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of arsenal¹

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of arsenal¹

C16: from Italian arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic �� ̄�Ը��, from �� house + ��̄�Ը�� manufacture

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The group's top leaders were assassinated, many of its fighters killed and much of its arsenal destroyed.

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Where he once tried to overpower opposing hitters with an upper-90s fastball, May focused on improving his command and maintaining consistent control of his arsenal.

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Ukraine's arsenal to carry out deep strikes is only growing.

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Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, who came to power in January, has said only the state should have arms in the country, in what is seen as a reference to Hezbollah's arsenal.

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The prime minister told reporters the Kremlin respected the UK's nuclear arsenal because "we've got our own independent deterrent and we're committed to Nato".

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