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arsenal definition

ar·senal (är′sə nəl)

noun

  1. a place for making or storing weapons and other munitions
  2. a store or collection an arsenal of facts used in a debate

Etymology: It arsenale, a dock < Ar dāraṣṣināʿa, wharf, workshop < dār, house + al-ṣināʿa, craft, skill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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