An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
Russia and the other republics are committed to destroying most of their nucleararsenals.
They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas.
2. countable noun
An arsenal is a building where weapons and military equipment are stored.
The murder weapon was part of a haul stolen in a raid on a South African air-forcearsenal in 1990.
Synonyms: armoury, storehouse, ammunition dump, arms depot More Synonyms of arsenal
3. countable noun [usually singular]
You can use arsenal to refer to a large number of tools, methods, or resources that someone has available to help them achieve what they want to do.
Managers use a full arsenal of motivational techniques to get employees to take risks.
He has more punches in his arsenal than other boxers.
More Synonyms of arsenal
arsenal in British English
(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 origin
C16: from Italian arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic dār sī n`ah, from dār house + sī n`ah manufacture
arsenal in American English
(ˈɑrsənəl)
noun
1.
a place for making or storing weapons and other munitions
2.
a store or collection
an arsenal of facts used in a debate
Word origin
It arsenale, a dock < Ar dār aṣṣināʿa, wharf, workshop < dār, house + al-ṣināʿa, craft, skill
Examples of 'arsenal' in a sentence
arsenal
Soon, it would control all of the nuclear arsenal of the United States.
S. M. Stirling T2®: THE FUTURE WAR (2003)
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British English: arsenal NOUN
An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
The country is committed to destroying most of its nuclear arsenal.