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单词 weaponry
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weaponryn.

Brit. /ˈwɛp(ə)nri/, U.S. /ˈwɛpənri/
Etymology: < weapon n. + -ry suffix.
Weapons collectively. Now esp. weapons of war.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > collective or plural
weaponc825
armsa1275
i-wepenc1275
tacklec1400
arming1431
tackling1529
militia1656
arms of offence1692
weaponry1844
hardware1855
tool1938
1844 N. Brit. Rev. 1 143 The armour of our ancient halls, the weaponry, the device.
1875 Talmage Old Wells 269 Look over the weaponry of olden times—javelins, battle~axes [etc.].
1956 C. W. Mills Power Elite viii. 184 The new weaponry has been developed as a ‘first line of defense’.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 27/2 War has become inevitable because of the weaponry which both sides are amassing.
1961 New Left Rev. Jan. 49/1 Modern weaponry advances faster than any other branch of technology.
1972 Daily Tel. 27 May 1/1 The Russians have deployed 64 defensive Galesh missiles around Moscow since 1969, but the Americans are more advanced in this weaponry.
1977 Irish Times 8 June 5/2 The US should put aside hopes of outstripping the Soviet Union in doomsday weaponry.
figurative.1966 New Statesman 23 Dec. 942/1 Its weaponry of surprises..allows Miss Smith free movement in areas where the clichés lie thick.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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