arsenal
Military supply depot
An arsenal is a collection of weapons, or a place where weapons are stored and manufactured.
By extension, it refers to any impressive collection of resources or tools: She has an arsenal of techniques for dealing with difficult customers.
The word often appears in discussions of military capability: nuclear arsenal, the country's growing arsenal.
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- depotVehicle storage facility
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- magazineBound periodical with articles
vault · bunker · warehouse · storeroom · reserves · inventory · hoard · collection
Weapons using explosive propulsion
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
- shotgunsWide-bore pellet firearms
- machine gunsAutomatic rapid-fire firearms
submachine guns · revolvers · carbines · mortars · howitzers · rocket launchers · grenades · missiles
Soldiers' residential building
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- depotVehicle storage facility
- baseSupporting bottom structure
headquarters · fortification · bunker · troops · infantry · artillery · equipment · provisions
Superior influence over others
- strengthPower to exert force
- mightGreat physical strength
- forceStrength or compulsion
- supremacyHighest rank or power
firepower · deterrent · strategic advantage · defense · security · preparedness · readiness · resources
Firearm projectiles
- shellsProtective outer layers
- cartridgesEncased charges for firing
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- magazinesPeriodic illustrated publications
caliber · gauges · armor-piercing · tracer · incendiary · pellets · slugs · buckshot
Furnace for shaping metal
- foundryMetal casting facility
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- assemblyConstructing from components
- productionMaking or generating something
metalworking · machining · milling · casting · tooling · gunsmith
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- depotVehicle storage facility
- repositoryPlace for storing things
magazine · vault · bunker · warehouse · storeroom · reserves · inventory · hoard · collection · store
firearms
Weapons using explosive propulsion
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
- shotgunsWide-bore pellet firearms
machine guns · submachine guns · revolvers · carbines · mortars · howitzers · rocket launchers · grenades · missiles · bombs
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- depotVehicle storage facility
base · headquarters · fortification · bunker · troops · infantry · artillery · equipment · provisions · supplies
dominance
Superior influence over others
supremacy · firepower · deterrent · strategic advantage · defense · security · preparedness · readiness · resources · tools
bullets
Firearm projectiles
- shellsProtective outer layers
- cartridgesEncased charges for firing
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
magazines · caliber · gauges · armor-piercing · tracer · incendiary · pellets · slugs · buckshot · birdshot
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
- foundryMetal casting facility
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- assemblyConstructing from components
production · metalworking · machining · milling · casting · tooling · gunsmith
- military facilitiesmilitary base, command center, army base, air force base, headquarters
- military installationsmilitary base, bases, army base, forts, naval base
- munitions plantsmunitions factory, munitions plant, arms factory, weapons factory, gun factory
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- Arabic loanwordsalgebra, algorithm, alcohol, alchemy, alkali
arsenalempty hands
bare cupboard · nothing · scarcity · shortage · dearth
arsenalhospital
Medical treatment facility
infirmary · field hospital · aid station · sanctuary · refugee camp
arsenaldefenselessness
State of being unprotected
disarmament · vulnerability · powerlessness · helplessness · demilitarization
- nuclear arsenalStockpile of atomic bombs
- arsenic poisoningHarmful exposure to element 33