Arms Ammunition Police Officers Uk Carry Terrorists Fight

• arms and ammunition
• police officers in the uk do not usually carry arms.
• the king’s arms (= used as the name of a pub)
• he was accused of supplying arms to terrorists

arms

1. weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, etc.
• arms and ammunition
• Police officers in the UK do not usually carry arms.
• = coat of arms
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/coat-of-arms
• the King’s Arms (= used as the name of a pub)
2. to be a soldier; to fight
3. to have weapons and be ready to fight in a war
4. to stop fighting
• The government called on the terrorists to lay down their arms.
5. to hold a rifle vertical in front of the body as a mark of respect
6. to prepare to fight
• He encouraged his supporters to take up arms against the state.
7. to be very angry about something and ready to protest strongly about it
• See related entries: Anger
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/anger/arms_2

Extra Examples

• He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists
• The country’s economic growth could fuel an arms build-up.
• The government called on them to lay down their arms and surrender.
• The people took up arms to defend their country.
• The right to bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution.
• There were more than a million men under arms during the American Civil War.
• fighters using small arms and home-made grenades
• It was the first ‘modern’ war, with more than a million men under arms.
• Police officers in the UK do not usually carry arms.
• The UN imposed an arms embargo on the country.
• The arms race between the superpowers escalated still more.
• The government was blamed for the shortage of arms and ammunition during the first two years of the war.
• The royal arms appear on the door of the Queen’s carriage.

Word Origin

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