Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Weapons considered as a group.
  • noun The design and production of weapons.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Weapons in general.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Poetic Weapons, collectively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun weapons considered collectively

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Examples

  • If instead of investing in weaponry to fight terrorism, we invested in giving people something to live for, a roof above their heads, healthcare, education, and the capacity to be economically independent, who among us really believes that they would still have the will to be terrorists?

    A Provocative Defense 2009

  • If instead of investing in weaponry to fight terrorism, we invested in giving people something to live for, a roof above their heads, healthcare, education, and the capacity to be economically independent, who among us really believes that they would still have the will to be terrorists?

    A Provocative Defense 2009

  • *** World-Wide The U.S. military is secretly diverting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to expand the CIA's campaign against militants in their Pakistani havens.

    What's News 2010

  • The U.S. military is secretly shifting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to help the CIA expand its war on militants in Pakistani havens.

    What's News: World-Wide 2010

  • The U.S. military is secretly diverting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to significantly expand the CIA's campaign against militants in their Pakistani havens.

    World Watch 2010

  • This means anything where gunpowder based weaponry is mixed with fantasy elements such as Orcs or magic. (their description).

    Orcs in the Webbe Advent Calendar « Third Point of Singularity 2009

  • Craftsman have been exercising creativity in weaponry for many centuries, and the best of it remains timelessly admirable.

    The Gun Builder As Artist 2009

  • Craftsman have been exercising creativity in weaponry for many centuries, and the best of it remains timelessly admirable.

    The Gun Builder As Artist 2009

  • This means anything where gunpowder based weaponry is mixed with fantasy elements such as Orcs or magic. (their description).

    2009 December 10 « Third Point of Singularity 2009

  • WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is secretly diverting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to significantly expand the CIA's campaign against militants in their Pakistani havens.

    CIA Escalates in Pakistan Adam Entous 2010

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