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   arsenal

   /ˈɑːsən(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a collection of weapons and military equipment: "Britain's nuclear arsenal" Similar weaponsweaponryarmsarmaments
   • ▪ a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made. Similar armouryarms depotarms cacheordnance depotmagazineammunition dump
   • ▪ an array of resources available for a certain purpose: "we have an arsenal of computers at our disposal" Similar arraybatteryrangeline-upassortmentcollection

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships): from French, or from obsolete Italian arzanale, based on Arabic dār-aṣ-ṣinā‘a, from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā‘a ‘art, industry’.

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