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n. (artifact) | 1. arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system | weapons considered collectively. |
| ~ ammo, ammunition | projectiles to be fired from a gun. |
| ~ armament | weaponry used by military or naval force. |
| ~ bomb | an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions. |
| ~ defence system, defense system | the weaponry available for the defense of a region. |
| ~ gunnery | guns collectively. |
| ~ hardware | major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile). |
| ~ instrumentation, instrumentality | an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
| ~ naval weaponry | weaponry for warships. |
| ~ weapon, weapon system, arm | any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
n. (artifact) | 2. arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms | the official symbols of a family, state, etc.. |
| ~ crest | (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet. |
| ~ heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms. |
| ~ quartering | a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages. |
| ~ heraldry | the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. |
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