as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen
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Recent Examples of armory
That’s nowhere clearer than in the climactic final confrontation between Noa and Proximus Caesar’s brute in command, an imposing gorilla named Sylva (Eka Darville), which takes place within a gargantuan armory that’s flooding quickly around them.
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
According to a history of the armory published by the McDaniel Free Press on Dec. 5, 2016; by 1980 a new armory was built on Hahn Road and the City of Westminster began leasing the building.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
No one seems to know when the local American Legion Post began holding services for Armistice Day — Veterans Day or when the annual ceremony was first held at the armory.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
The kibbutz’s rapid response team had only four rifles available to defend against heavily armed terrorists; the Israel Defense Forces had removed other weapons from the armory for fear of theft.
—Yaakov Lappin, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
According to a history of the armory published by the McDaniel Free Press on Dec. 5, 2016; by 1980 a new armory was built on Hahn Road and the City of Westminster began leasing the building.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
No one seems to know when the local American Legion Post began holding services for Armistice Day — Veterans Day or when the annual ceremony was first held at the armory.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
The kibbutz’s rapid response team had only four rifles available to defend against heavily armed terrorists; the Israel Defense Forces had removed other weapons from the armory for fear of theft.
—Yaakov Lappin, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for armory
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Aid trucks that have been lined up next to warehouses for months will be moved to the crossing with Gaza, Dr. Raed Abdel Nasser, general secretary of the Red Crescent in North Sinai, told NBC News.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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But cutting-edge technology isn’t limited to the warehouse.—
Jon Youshaei,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Yet another Russian oil depot, serving military airfield, was hit by long range capabilities.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Down a corner on the ground floor was a shaft descending more than 30 feet underground that then opened up into a cavern presumably used as a depot.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Assad family in Syria were no special friends to Hamas, but Israel took advantage of their fall to obliterate Syria's entire arsenal of heavy weapons, putting one more potential regional adversary out of military action for perhaps a generation.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Hour 3: Stretched thin Two hours after the fire ignited, the Pasadena Fire Department has staffed every reserve engine in its arsenal.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Armory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armory. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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