arms race

arms race
noun
a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments
• Hypernyms: ↑race

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competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.
[1935-40]

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arms race noun
Competition among nations in building up armaments
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Main Entry: ↑arm

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arms race UK US noun [countable] usually singular [singular arms race plural arms races]
competition between countries to increase the number or power of their weapons of war
Thesaurus: arms control and disarmamenthyponym

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arms race,
a competition between countries for supremacy in armaments: »

The arms race is expanding all the time, the armies, navies, and air forces are being increased continuously (New York Times).

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n. a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, esp. between the U.S. and the former USSR during the Cold War

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noun, pl ⋯ races [count]
: a situation in which countries that are enemies each try to build or collect weapons faster than the other can

a nuclear arms race

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ˈarms race 7 [arms race] noun singular
a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • arms race — (n.) 1930, in reference to naval build ups, from arms (see ARM (Cf. arm) (n.2)) + RACE (Cf. race) (n.1). First used in British English …   Etymology dictionary

  • arms race — n [C usually singular] the competition between different countries to have a larger number of powerful weapons ▪ the nuclear arms race …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • arms race — arms′ race n. cvb gov mil competition between countries for superiority in quantity and quality of military arms • Etymology: 1935–40 …   From formal English to slang

  • arms race — arms ,race noun count usually singular competition between countries to increase the number or power of their war weapons …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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