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1) military forces and their weapons (armament)

2) a place where weapons are kept (armoury)

3) a government building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored (arsenal)

4) to take away weapons and other means of attack from (a person) (disarm)

5) to strengthen (a place) against attack (with walls, weapons etc) (fortify)

6) to jump and run playfully; to pass the hands over (a person) to search for concealed weapons (frisk)

7) an apparatus used for generating, amplifying and concentrating light waves into a powerful beam, used to cut metal and jewels, to aim weapons etc (laser)

8) limiting the manufacture, spread etc of something, especially dangerous weapons (non-proliferation)

9) without weapons (unarmed)

10) (a state, period, of) the use of weapons when fighting between countries or rival groups in a nation (war)

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Meaning:
arms

weapons

weaponry

artillery

(a part of an army using) big guns on wheels etc

weaponry or military unit

bazooka

a portable weapon for firing armour-piercing rockets

weaponry or military unit

defense

the act of defending from attack

armament; protection system

munitions

military supplies, especially guns, shells, bombs etc

ammunition

WEAPONS as in Wiktionary
WEAPONS as in Wikipedia