Arms Fight Country Ready Noun ɑːmz ɑːrmz Ammunition

• 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.

arms

1. weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, etc.
• SEE ALSO firearm
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• 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.

Extra Examples

• He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists.
• The country's economic growth could fuel an arms build-up.
2. 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.
3. to be a soldier; to fight
4. to have weapons and be ready to fight in a war
• It was the first ‘modern’ war, with more than a million men under arms.
5. a strong request to fight in the army; a strong request to defend something or get ready for a fight about something
• A leading environmentalist has issued a call to arms to companies and the public to do more about plastic waste.
• The president's speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.
6. to stop fighting
• The government called on the terrorists to lay down their arms.
7. to hold a rifle straight upwards in front of the body as a mark of respect
8. to prepare to fight
• He encouraged his supporters to take up arms against the state.
• The people took up arms to defend their country.
9. to be very angry about something and ready to protest strongly about it

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma.