weaponry

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈwɛpənriː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Weapons collectively; the total collection or range of weapons available to a person, group, military force, or nation.; The design, development, or study of weapons as a field or discipline.; Figuratively, the means or tools used to attack, defend, or compete in a non-physical context.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

modern weaponrynuclear weaponrymilitary weaponryadvanced weaponryheavy weaponry

Derivatives

weaponweaponizeweaponizationweaponless

Synonyms

armamentarmsordnancemunitionsarsenal

Commonly confused

weapon
EN: 'Weapon' refers to a single instrument of attack or defense; 'weaponry' is the collective or uncountable term for weapons as a category.
arsenal
EN: 'Arsenal' can refer to a storage place for weapons or a collection of weapons; 'weaponry' refers specifically to weapons themselves or the art of using them.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the suffix is '-ry' (not '-ery' or '-ary'). It follows the pattern of 'machinery' and 'artillery'.

💬 Examples

  1. The museum displayed an impressive collection of medieval weaponry, including swords, crossbows, and maces.

  2. Advances in weaponry during the twentieth century fundamentally changed the nature of warfare.

  3. The company's legal weaponry included a team of aggressive patent attorneys ready to litigate.