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ARMS INDUSTRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arms industry mean?
• ARMS INDUSTRY (noun)
The noun ARMS INDUSTRY has 1 sense:
1. an industry that manufacturers weapons of war
Familiarity information: ARMS INDUSTRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industry that manufacturers weapons of war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
arms industry; munitions industry
Hypernyms ("arms industry" is a kind of...):
industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)
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