arms
[plural noun]
- weapons, armaments, firearms, guns, instruments of war, ordnance, weaponry
- heraldry, blazonry, crest, escutcheon, insignia

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arms noun

1. B2 (formal) weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, etc.
   • ● arms and ammunition
   • ● The UN imposed an arms embargo on the country.
   • ● He's the world 's most notorious arms dealer.
   • ● Police officers in the UK do not usually carry arms.
   • ● They banned arms sales to countries with poor human rights records.
   • ● He was trying to rebuild the country's nuclear arms programme.
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   • aggression
   • arms
   • army
   • attack
   • casualty
   • conflict
   • defend
   • hostile
   • territory
   • war
   see also firearm, small arms
   Extra Examples:

   • ● He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists.
   • ● The country's economic growth could fuel an arms build-up.
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   Collocations: adjective

   • nuclear
   • small

   verb + arms

   • bear
   • carry
   • call somebody to

   arms + noun

   • build-up
   • race
   • control

   preposition

   • under arms
2. (also coat of arms)
   a design or a shield that is a special symbol of a family, city or other organization
   • ● the King’s Arms (= used as the name of a pub)
   • ● The royal arms appear on the door of the Queen's carriage.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

arms
noun
ADJ. nuclear | small fighters using small arms and home-made grenades
VERB + ARMS bear, carry The right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution.
call sb to (formal) He called his comrades to arms (= urged them to fight).
take up (formal) The people took up arms to defend their country.
lay down (formal) The government called on them to lay down their arms and surrender.
supply He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists
ARMS + NOUN race | control, embargo | deal, industry, sales, trade
PREP. under ~ (formal) There were more than a million men under arms during the American Civil War.

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