"Definition of Armata taxonomic synonym of echiuroidea"
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"New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of armatus"
],
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"\u00e4r\u02c8m\u00e4t\u0259",
"-\u0101t\u0259"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-004429",
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"arm":{
"antonyms":[
"agency",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"office",
"service"
],
"definitions":{
": a branch or lateral shoot of a plant":[],
": a combat branch (as of an army)":[],
": a functional division of a group, organization, institution, or activity":[
"the logistical arm of the air force"
],
": a group of subjects provided a particular treatment in a clinical trial":[
"Since this trial did not include a radiation-only treatment arm , it has been questioned whether radiation therapy alone might be as effective as sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy in preserving the larynx.",
"\u2014 Everett E. Vokes et al."
],
": a limb of an invertebrate animal":[],
": a narrow extension of a larger area, mass, or group":[],
": a slender part of a structure, machine, or an instrument projecting from a main part, axis, or fulcrum":[],
": a support (as on a chair) for the elbow and forearm":[],
": active hostilities : warfare":[
"a call to arms"
],
": an inlet of water (as from the sea)":[],
": an organized branch of national defense (such as the navy)":[],
": any of the usually two parts of a chromosome lateral to the centromere":[],
": aroused and ready to undertake a fight or conflict":[],
": heraldic devices adopted by a government":[],
": military service":[],
": power , might":[
"the long arm of the law"
],
": sleeve":[],
": something like or corresponding to an arm: such as":[],
": the forelimb of a vertebrate":[],
": the hereditary heraldic devices of a family":[],
": to equip or ready for action or operation":[
"arm a bomb"
],
": to furnish or equip with weapons":[],
": to furnish with something that strengthens or protects":[
"arming citizens with the right to vote"
],
": to prepare oneself for struggle or resistance":[
"arm for combat"
],
": with arms linked together":[],
"Armenian":[],
"adjustable rate mortgage":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"They armed the men for battle.",
"The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.",
"The two countries have been arming themselves for years, but now they have agreed to disarm.",
"We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.",
"They arm people with accurate information.",
"arming women with the right to vote",
"Once the bomb has been armed , we have five minutes to escape."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English armen, borrowed from Anglo-French armer, going back to Latin arm\u0101re, derivative of arma \"implements of war, weapons, equipment\" \u2014 more at arm entry 3":"Verb",
"Middle English armes (plural), \"weapons, the military profession, heraldic devices,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, plural of arme \"weapon,\" going back to Latin arma (neuter plural) \"implements of war, weapons, equipment,\" derivative, with a suffix *-mo-, from a presumed verbal base *ar-, going back to Indo-European *h 2 er- \"fit, join,\" whence Greek reduplicated aorist \u1e17raron \"(I) fit together, equipped, fit closely\" (from which present tense arar\u00edsk\u014d, arar\u00edskein ), \u00e1rmenos (middle participle) \"fitting, suited to,\" and (with suffixed *-smo- giving initial aspiration":"Noun",
"Middle English, going back to Old English earm, arm, going back to Germanic *arma-, masculine, (whence also Old Frisian erm \"arm,\" Old Saxon arm, Old High German aram, arm, Old Norse armr, Gothic arms ), going back to Indo-European *h 2 orH-mo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ramo \"shoulder,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian r\u0201me, stem r\u0201men-, Czech r\u00e1m\u011bk ; a parallel zero-grade *h 2 r\u0325H-m\u00f3- gives Old Prussian irmo \"arm,\" Lithuanian (eastern dialects) \u00ecrm\u0117d\u0117 \"pain from gout, chill, fever\" ( irm- \"arm\" + -\u0117d\u0117 \"eating\"), Sanskrit \u012brm\u00e1- \"arm,\" Avestan ar\u0259ma- ; Latin armus \"forequarter (of an animal), shoulder\" probably goes back to *h 2 erH-mo-":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rm"
],
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"synonyms":[
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095546",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arm bar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bar entry 1 sense 11":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120354",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arm-twisting":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the use of direct personal pressure in order to achieve a desired end":[
"for all the arm-twisting , the \u2026 vote on the measure was unexpectedly tight",
": a large force or group usually of moving things":[]
},
"examples":[
"an armada of fishing boats",
"an armada of ships sailing up the coast",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Top-tier restaurants, boutiques, galleries and flashy condos now coexist with a wildly popular library, an armada of floating saunas and a sandy beach, frequented by toddlers and swans. \u2014 Deborah Dunn, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"And now, as the West sanctions and sweeps up these vessels, Russia\u2019s luxe armada can go to work for the West as roving diplomatic posts or globe-spanning Presidential and Royal yachts. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"News of the outcome spread across Europe, and many learned that the armada had, as expected, won the day and crushed the English fleet. \u2014 Renee Diresta, Wired , 26 Mar. 2021",
"The formidable Russian tank armada spent much of the last month idling on the highways. \u2014 Vikram Mittal, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The pilot tipped the wing and far below a dirt airstrip appeared beside a river that frothed at a bend, where a mini armada of bright river rafts nuzzled the shore. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Closing thousands of low-volume post offices would cut energy and land use, and cutting delivery frequency would allow the USPS to reduce its armada of 230,000 trucks. \u2014 Chris Edwards, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the invincible Blefuscu armada is at the gates of the city and threatening again. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Russian Air Force Russia, on the other hand, has a much, much larger aerial armada at its disposal. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Spanish, \"military force, fleet of warships,\" from armar \"to arm, equip\" (going back to Latin arm\u0101re ) + -ada, suffix of action or result (going back to Vulgar Latin *-\u0101ta, noun derivative from feminine of Latin -\u0101tus, past participle ending of Latin first-conjugation verbs) \u2014 more at arm entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u00e4-d\u0259",
"-\u02c8m\u0101-",
"also -\u02c8ma-"
],
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"synonyms":[
"caravan",
"cavalcade",
"fleet",
"line",
"motorcade",
"train"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202530",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armangite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Mn 3 (AsO 3 ) 2 consisting of a manganese arsenite occurring in black rhombohedral crystals":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"ar senite of mang anese + -ite":""
},
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"\u00e4r\u02c8man\u02ccg\u012bt",
"\u02c8\u00e4rm\u0259n\u02ccg\u012bt",
"-a\u014b\u02cc-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114638",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armarium":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ambry":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8ma(a)r\u0113\u0259m"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010902",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a framework used by a sculptor to support a figure being modeled in a plastic material":[],
": a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets":[],
": a usually rotating part of an electric machine (such as a generator or motor) which consists essentially of coils of wire around a metal core and in which electric current is induced or in which the input current interacts with a magnetic field to produce torque":[],
": an organ or structure (such as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense":[],
": framework sense 1a":[
"events that serve as the armature of the book"
],
": the movable part of an electromagnetic device (such as a loudspeaker)":[]
},
"examples":[
"the rigid armature of a highly stratified society",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the heart of the innovative driver assembly is an all-new dual-diaphragm balanced armature driver from Knowles Corporation. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The architects made similar cuts to the southern end of the building, adding skylights and taking away concrete panels to reveal part of the building\u2019s armature , an X-shaped frame made of steel, making for a remarkable portal into the structure. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The company makes the incredibly intricate balanced armature drivers that use to be used exclusively in hearing aids but are now being used more widely in higher-end earphones. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The balanced armature works in tandem with a 7.2mm dynamic driver that takes care of the lower frequencies. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The Sirius Pro Earbuds from GravaStar use Knowles balanced armature drivers. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Rust chewed away at the steel armature around which the blocks had been assembled. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Hundreds of volunteers helped build Conny, mixing cement by hand and slapping it on an armature made of wood and chicken wire. \u2014 Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
"His wife is Masha, a psychiatrist who functions as the Spanx of the family: a soft but unyielding armature holding them all together. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"armor, armed force,\" borrowed from Latin arm\u0101t\u016bra \"armament, troop\" (Medieval Latin, \"suit of armor, defensive equipment of an animal\"), from arm\u0101tus, past participle of arm\u0101re \"to arm entry 2 , equip\" + -\u016bra -ure":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cctu\u0307r",
"-ch\u0259r",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259-ch\u0259r",
"-\u02cctyu\u0307r"
],
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"architecture",
"cadre",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"frame",
"framework",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022515",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armature reaction":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a magnetomotive force set up by the current induced in the armature of a dynamo that results in altering as to both magnitude and direction the flux due to the field magnet":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185451",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armband":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hazel is pretty perfectly and pristinely adapted from the comic to the screen\u2014but whatever is going on with that armband didn't quite back it to Netflix. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
"Tatum \u2014 wearing a purple-and-gold armband bearing the number 24 of Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, his favorite player \u2014 had lost two East finals in his young career. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"Then Tatum took the court wearing a purple armband , in honor of Bryant, and tried his best to emulate him. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
"The cloth used to bind the man's hands appeared to be a white armband . \u2014 Byreuters, ABC News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Ezekiel shed his armband fringes for this match, so maybe he\u2019ll be taken more seriously",
"After dinner Perovskyi hugs his mother and father goodbye, puts on a jacket with a green tape armband signifying military affiliation and walks to his overnight job as a volunteer military medic in Kyiv. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Ten Hag would be able to argue that the captain\u2019s armband still demonstrates his value to the club. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The catcher wears an armband with buttons that correspond to pitch type and location. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1738, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"arm entry 1 + band entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rm-\u02ccband"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164847",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armed forces":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ceremony paid tribute to the monarch, who is head of the armed forces in Scotland, and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 30 June 2022",
"As part of the 2016 peace agreement, a special Peace Tribunal is tasked with investigating and sentencing armed actors from both the armed forces and the guerrillas. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Natalia Humenuk, a spokeswoman for the armed forces in southern Ukraine, said that Russia had fired on Mykolaiv using the same Soviet-era anti-ship missiles that had struck the shopping mall. \u2014 New York Times , 28 June 2022",
"The Guard operates its own military infrastructure parallel to Iran\u2019s regular armed forces . \u2014 Nasser Karimi And Isabel Debre, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"The primary definition of a mercenary under international law is someone fighting primarily for financial gain who is paid substantially more than local armed forces . \u2014 Maham Javaid, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Army officials countered that McCarthy had sought preferential treatment for an aide recently drafted into the armed forces . \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"Ukrainian civilians have come up with one of the most creative (and maybe a bit macabre) ways of raising money for their country\u2019s armed forces . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin also said his country\u2019s armed forces are willing to ensure the safety of ships carrying grain out of Ukraine. \u2014 Amy Cheng, Washington Post , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"colors",
"military",
"service",
"troops"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022742",
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a protective outer layer (as of a ship, a plant or animal, or a cable)":[],
": a quality or circumstance that affords protection":[
"the armor of prosperity"
],
": armored forces and vehicles (such as tanks)":[]
},
"examples":[
"The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor .",
"The shots penetrated the tank's armor .",
"The armadillo's armor consists of a series of small, bony plates.",
"a weapon designed for use against enemy armor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On May 26, the Palestinian Authority said that its investigation, which included the autopsy and a forensic examination of the bullet, found that Israeli soldiers had killed Ms. Abu Akleh with an armor -piercing bullet. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"As previously reported, the show follows Marvel character Riri Williams (Thorne), a genius inventor and the creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"The sale of body armor will now only be available to people in certain professions, such as law enforcement. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"He was saved by Palpatine and given new prosthetic limbs, as well as a dark suit of armor that helps keep him alive. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The package also includes nearly 200 pieces of body armor , including tactical vests and shields, which have been donated by the Maryland State Police. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 10 May 2022",
"Both sides have drawn lessons from Russia\u2019s failed advance in late February on Kyiv, where a 40-mile-long convoy of Russian armor was smashed by stealthy Ukrainian anti-tank teams and precise artillery and drone strikes. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
"Drone footage released by Ukrainian volunteers working with the military on Monday showed a series of precision strikes on a large grouping of Russian armor south of Izyum. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"At that range, an MT-12 can penetrate 400 millimeters of armor \u2014enough to destroy an infantry fighting vehicle and, from certain angles, disable or destroy a tank. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 1 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English armure, armoure \"arms, body armor,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, going back to Latin arm\u0101t\u016bra \"armament, troop\" (Medieval Latin, \"suit of armor\") \u2014 more at armature":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0259r"
],
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"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"buckler",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164423",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
]
},
"armure":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a pebbly-surfaced fabric made from various fibers or combinations of fibers and used for clothing and interior decoration, the usual armure pattern being an allover one of small conventional motifs floated on a twilled or rep ground":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, literally, armor":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r\u02ccmyu\u0307(\u0259)r",
"-my\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111855",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"army":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a body of persons organized to advance a cause":[],
": a great multitude":[
"an army of birds"
],
": a large organized body of armed personnel trained for war especially on land":[],
": a unit capable of independent action and consisting usually of a headquarters, two or more corps, and auxiliary troops":[],
": the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare":[]
},
"examples":[
"the armies of Alexander the Great",
"He left home and joined the army after he graduated from high school.",
"The company employs an army of lawyers to handle its legal affairs.",
"They sent in a whole army of trained technicians.",
"The organization was founded by a dedicated army of volunteers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, hundreds of thousands enlisted to fight the Russians, deluging recruiters from the army and the territorial defense force to the degree that many initially had to be turned away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Buzz and his crew, which includes emotional support robot kitten Sox, are trying to find a way home when the villainous Zurg (James Brolin) and his army of robots arrive to take over the planet. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 19 June 2022",
"The powerful antitank weapons have come to symbolize U.S. involvement in Ukraine and the race to equip its army for the devastating fight that has unfolded. \u2014 Alex Horton, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"Just this weekend at Unicef Soccer Aid in London, Robbie Williams was keen to know who\u2019d made my army green cashmere/linen/silk BC suit. \u2014 Tom Stubbs, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"But when a new threat emerges in the form of an alien spaceship captained by mega-robot Zurg (James Brolin) and his army of Zyclops automatons, Buzz is forced to go rogue. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Zelenskyy said his army 's ability to hold off Russian forces in the Donbas depends on the supply of Western weapons. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 June 2022",
"Upon hearing their own army 's aircraft overhead, the soldiers urged everyone to flee, fearing an attack. \u2014 CNN , 8 June 2022",
"Their users\u2019 pages were plastered with insults from an army of trolls. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1522, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English armee, armye \"host of armed men, naval fleet, military expedition,\" borrowed from Anglo-French arm\u00e9, armee, from armer \"to arm entry 2 \" + -ee, suffix of action or result (going back to Vulgar Latin *-\u0101ta, noun derivative from feminine of Latin -\u0101tus, past participle ending of Latin first-conjugation verbs)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-m\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"array",
"battalion",
"host",
"legion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035902",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arm wrestling":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a form of wrestling in which two opponents sit face to face gripping usually their right hands, set corresponding elbows firmly on a surface (such as a tabletop), and attempt to force each other's arm down":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another popular event with the kids was arm wrestling . \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 4 July 2022",
"Trump either greeting or arm wrestling a dog-sized frog. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The older man was punched in the face by an unidentified male after the two had argued over arm wrestling . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Once everyone is feeling good and nauseated, producers make the men face off in the Norse Battle of Arms (a.k.a. arm wrestling ). \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Next came demonstrations of physical strength in the form of arm wrestling . \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Met up with my friends and somehow ended in dancing on boats, arm wrestling , & Mcflurries. \u2014 Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful , 30 June 2021",
"These organizations are all over the country, these women's arm wrestling organizations, and one of the writers actually is involved in one in the D.C. area and that was the inspiration for the movie. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
"From arm wrestling to humorous moments between parents and child, there's no shortage of laughs on the Drummond family ranch. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 12 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150844"
},
"armorial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or bearing heraldic arms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The armorial engraving is the insignia of The Worshipful Company of Masons, one of the ancient livery companies of London. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Your vase was made in France, and the armorial decoration is inspired by the Chinese export wares which were very popular in England and Europe throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Dec. 2020",
"The action unfurls in a quaint medieval town square garlanded with flowers and armorial pennants, (modified for the Gala), where Harlequin woos Columbine, and in a Beaux Arts ballroom conservatory where the action continues in the second act. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 24 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"armory \"heraldry, heraldic arms\" (borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Middle French armoierie, from Middle French armoier \"to bear arms, emblazon\" + -erie -ery ) + -al entry 1 ; armoier from armes \"arms, weapons, heraldic devices\" (plural of arme, going back to Latin arma \"implements of war, weapons\") + -oier, factitive verb suffix, going back to Latin -idi\u0101re, originally representing variant pronunciation (or spelling variant) of -iz\u0101re -ize \u2014 more at arm entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1572, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161435"
},
"army ant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a subfamily (Dorylinae) of aggressive nomadic tropical ants that prey on insects and spiders":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or army ants that span gaps on the forest floor by linking their own bodies into bridges. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 6 July 2017",
"The fact that army ants don\u2019t always build the distance-minimizing bridge suggests there\u2019s some other factor in their unconscious calculation. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Feb. 2018",
"But once in close range, the target is easy to spot: Huge swaths of army ants in search of food for their voracious young sometimes cover the length and almost half the width of a football field. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 9 Apr. 2014",
"An individual army ant is practically blind and has a minuscule brain that couldn\u2019t begin to fathom their elaborate collective movement. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 26 Feb. 2018",
"Instead, this tiny beetle -- only 1.5 millimeters long -- lives alongside a species of nomadic army ant . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2018",
"It's named for Daniel Kronauer, a field biologist who studies army ants and discovered the species. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2018",
"Nymphister kronaueri Anterior view of Nymphister kronaueri attached to an Eciton mexicanum army ant worker Image credit: \u00a9 D. Kronauer. \u2014 Sarah Gray, Fortune , 23 May 2018",
"The recent study grew out of experiments conducted with army ants in the Panamanian jungle in 2014. \u2014 Kevin Hartnett, Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2018"
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"both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days",
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"Even so, sooner or later, the war will end in a cease-fire or armistice . \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The Korean War ended in a stalemate and an armistice that was meant to be temporary. \u2014 E. Tammy Kim, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"The fighting continued for months before the United Nations brokered an armistice agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors. \u2014 Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In the armistice agreement that ended the French-German conflict, the French acquiesced to a division of their nation, roughly west to east along the Loire Valley at the center of the country. \u2014 Ronald C. Rosbottom, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Sustained fighting in the Korean War ended with an armistice agreement in 1953, but the two Koreas remain technically at war. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Oct. 2021",
"In 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship HMS Nelson off Malta. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"An armistice agreement was reached in 1949, with the territory now known as the West Bank coming under Jordanian rule, while the Gaza Strip fell under Egyptian control. \u2014 Breeanna Hare, CNN , 18 July 2021",
"North and South Korea have remained technically at war even after the Korean War ended in 1953 in an armistice but without a peace treaty. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Kim Kardashian\u2019s arm candy hosts this stand-up showcase. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Up your arm candy game with this chic and spring-appropriate bracelet that's available in three more just as fun designs. \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Also not too long ago, the success of a designer bag hinged heavily on expensive advertising supplemented by images of the hottest celebrity carrying the latest arm candy . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The show is adapted from the 1990 Julia Roberts/ Richard Gere movie about a call girl whose life changes when a wealthy man hires her to be arm candy for a few days. \u2014 Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Elle Macpherson plays the beard-iest Batman love interest, arm candy for parties who barely knows her one-year boyfriend. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Seeing a tiny blonde heroine \u2014 the type who'd normally make shrieking baddie fodder or vacuous on-screen arm candy \u2014 cast as a hero meant everything to kids who already sensed they too were destined to be underestimated. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022"
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"Ming asks her daughter, euphemistically referring to the onset of puberty, and offering an armful of feminine hygiene products. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Then spend the rest of the afternoon [in Niantic] at the Book Barn, which is really a group of buildings, play chess on the big outdoor table, pet the animals, and go home with an armful of wonderful used books. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Yet another ran from the store with an armful of shoes and clothing. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2021",
"And no one needs a movie that leaves them with an armful of air. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Wander the city block-sized shop, snap a selfie of the iconic sign, and turn your reading list into an armful of books. \u2014 Laura Studarus, Marie Claire , 12 Nov. 2021",
"In the scene Forster was rehearsing that day at the Ballet Theater studios, Albrecht, wracked with guilt, is walking to her grave, in the dark of night, clutching an armful of lilies. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Oct. 2021",
"One day, Thompson-Gaines opened her front door to find a woman standing on her porch with an armful of clothes. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Sep. 2021",
"In five relief sculptures by Oskar Hansen, muscular men are shown gripping a boat\u2019s wheel, harvesting an armful of wheat, standing beside cascading water and lifting a heavy weight overhead. \u2014 Sophia Eppolito, The Arizona Republic , 7 Aug. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Hedonist\u2019s Guide can raptly take you on a joyful armchair traveler\u2019s journey. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Softer, cozier and simply more interesting than leather, both to look at and touch, these fabrics turn the seats into your favorite armchair , while their production is kinder to the environment than leather, producing 75 percent less CO2. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
"But, the most recognizable piece of decor in Blue\u2019s Clues is, of course, the Thinking Chair\u2014a red velvet armchair that\u2019s trimmed in black and swathed in a swirly pattern all over. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 10 Feb. 2021",
"Examples of the latter include a puffy Italian leather armchair in the entry hall and the puddle-shaped oak cocktail table in the sitting room. \u2014 Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
"Back at the house, Perdomo\u2019s younger sister, Yanira, was curled up in a threadbare armchair , scrolling through social media and keeping an eye on her 4-year-old niece. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"At the Princeton colloquium, in Stevenson Hall, Abbey sat in a large upholstered armchair , his long legs stretched out, his look dark and handsome, his cowboy boots showing wear. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The day before, Price sat in a white leather armchair , wearing a Pucci top and low-heeled sparkly silver shoes, for the narration of the film. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In the shot, Lewellen sits in an armchair , her fluffy white fur tied up into a Whoville-style ponytail on top of her head. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
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"There is an army of armchair retail traders hell-bent on chasing the entire electric vehicle supply chain. \u2014 Moneyshow, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The event became a watershed for armchair social media sleuthing. \u2014 Ezra Marcus New York Times, Star Tribune , 15 Mar. 2021",
"While a travel advisory is still in effect due to COVID-19, perhaps now is the time for an armchair trip to Alaska based on a 1929 letter sent to The Carroll Record. \u2014 Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Mar. 2021",
"January 1 Kick off the New Year with an armchair trip to Austria, where the Vienna Philharmonic will present its annual New Year\u2019s Day concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein for the first time without an audience. \u2014 Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Jan. 2021",
"The New York Times picked up the story and put it on the front page \u2013 an indication of how armchair analysis could be as telling as dispatches from the ground. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Marsha Music has started calling herself an armchair revolutionary. \u2014 Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2020",
"With billions of people grounded because of the coronavirus pandemic, armchair travel has never been more important, especially for parents hoping to capture their kids\u2019 attention and imagination. \u2014 Sarah Firshein, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Two weeks ago, national and world health authorities\u2014and armchair experts and worried well-meaning people\u2014were warning anyone concerned about Covid-19 to avoid ibuprofen. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 26 Mar. 2020"
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"Unattractive bumps on the branches and stems of an olive are most likely the result of a bacterial disease called olive knot, though armored scale insects might also be to blame. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 July 2021"
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"The sword was made by a master armorer .",
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"Portantino\u2019s bill would have allowed guns with blank ammunition on set, but only under the supervision of an armorer who has completed a state gun safety course. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Rust Movie Productions also challenged accusations that armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was spread too thin. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"No charges have yet been filed in the case, though local authorities have been scrutinizing the actions of Baldwin, as well as assistant director Dave Halls and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The studio and union bills each include provisions for armorer certification, which is not currently required. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"In particular, the report indicates that the young armorer on the set, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was not given the chance to perform her job. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The film\u2019s armorer denied that the incident occurred. \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its center is a golden sculpture of an armillary sphere , once used by astronomers in Renaissance Venice to study the celestial system. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Ng is a Chinese artifact aficionado, with pieces in the basement of an annex building that include an armillary sphere from the Ming Dynasty and two rare bone sculptures of which there are just four in the world. \u2014 Faris Mokhtar, Bloomberg.com , 23 June 2020",
"There are also lots of smaller instruments\u2014thermometers, sextants, astrolabes\u2014and plenty of globes, as well as an enormous armillary sphere , designed and built by the Italian astronomer Antonio Santucci. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 17 May 2020",
"One of America's oldest colleges has unveiled a replica of the even older Tycho Brahe armillary sphere . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 2 Jan. 2020",
"This new armillary sphere is thought to be the only working one on Earth today. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Think of an armillary sphere like a circular slide rule with four separate axes. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 2 Jan. 2020"
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"That leaves the market itself, which ultimately will decide the viability of an escalating arms race . \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Yet the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran may prompt an already tenuous security situation to spiral, raising the specter of a nuclear arms race in the volatile region. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Since then, several teams have emptied their cupboards of draft picks and young players to acquire big-name stars \u2014 as the Celtics did \u2014 in a leaguewide arms race to compete for mercenary championships. \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"The Pentagon estimates that China could have a thousand bombs by 2030, while India and Pakistan are believed to be engaged in a nuclear arms race of their own, and North Korea is estimated to have built up to sixty nuclear devices. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In this arms race , changes to the viral genome also enables new strains to suppress the increasingly resistant host immune response. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Ryu said Kim will not accept offers of aid from South Korea and the United States, when his bigger priority is moving ahead in the arms race and strengthening the country\u2019s nuclear arsenals. \u2014 Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Cybersecurity investments have become something of an arms race among cloud service providers, with a rash of ransomware and other attacks driving customer concerns about data security. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"On Capitol Hill, the conversation so far is largely about matching the Chinese investment, rather than rethinking the nature of the arms race . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Nov. 2021"
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"Workers found another cache later that fall with more treasures, including gold armlets inscribed with the name of Ramses II. \u2014 Irene Cord\u00f3n, National Geographic , 7 May 2019"
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"Like any good business school professor, Eisenmann comes prepared with an armload of case studies. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, Wired , 31 Dec. 2021",
"So many people charge into a new year with an armload of resolutions. \u2014 Jon Dwoskin, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Ballard Cheese collected an armload of medals \u2014 golds for its Swiss, its Danish Pearl Gouda and its Idaho Melting Cheese (in a miscellaneous category); silver for its Parmarono hard cheese; and bronzes for its cheddar and feta. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Taken in full, the book allows readers to consider an alternative to popular accommodations that entail pushing door-code buttons before entering a solo space with an armload of groceries. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Once upon a time, style savvy New Yorkers could venture out and arrive back to their apartments toting an armload of shopping bags, each stuffed with its own sartorial treasures. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 10 Sep. 2021",
"There are perfectly serious record collectors who might lug an armload of vinyl home from a flea market. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 5 July 2021",
"Downtown Chicago had been overrun by looters in the early morning of Aug. 10 when police allegedly spotted a man coming out of a Loop retail store with an armload of merchandise. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 28 Aug. 2020",
"People rushed into a Nike store in Manhattan and carried out armloads of clothing. \u2014 Author: Jennifer Peltz And Karen Matthews, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2020"
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"Iron entire front from tail to the collar, including the armhole seam. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2021",
"Richer Poorer\u2019s ankle-length dress has a relaxed fit, a high neckline and dropped armhole . \u2014 Zoe Malin, NBC News , 29 Mar. 2021",
"One with showy straps may be paired with a narrow-shoulder top; a chartreuse number may go beneath an apricot tank with plunging armholes . \u2014 Linda Dyett, New York Times , 31 July 2019",
"Many men\u2019s coats\u2014specifically dress overcoats and suit jackets\u2014are put together with linings that are also attached around the armholes . 1. \u2014 Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science , 10 Jan. 2020",
"The Warriors will bring the look back for the 2019-2020 season, debuting an updated San Francisco jersey with rainbow piping on the neck and armholes , suggesting a modern SF Pride connection. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 1 Oct. 2019",
"The jersey fronts include white numbers outlined in red, with red-and-white stripes around the armholes and collar and players\u2019 last names in white on the backs. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Next to those pieces there was another of Koizumi\u2019s dreamy elaborations: a striped mini dress crafted in the shape of an egg, with armhole slits in lieu of sleeves. \u2014 Brooke Bobb, Vogue , 8 May 2019",
"And where a Pendleton overshirt skimps on storage, a modern shacket resembles a backpack with armholes . \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 21 June 2018"
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"Yahya, 33, has only one loss in his last seven fights and most recently submitted Henry Briones with a Kimura armlock in August. \u2014 Jay Reddick, OrlandoSentinel.com , 18 Jan. 2018",
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"The deal probably would also include the 100-pound Hellfire missiles that are the MQ-1C\u2019s main armament . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"And, even though, after fifteen years, only one of three Zumwalt-class destroyers is currently commissioned, the Pentagon seems set to allow those ships to wallow around, with no mission and no functional primary armament . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"South Korea is preparing to elect a new president on March 9 in a neck-and-neck race, and the debate over nuclear armament was reignited during the fall primary among conservative candidates as a potential party platform idea. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The clearest option would be massive investment in domestic military capacity and armament , but this would likely be seen by Russia as a threat. \u2014 Jan Smole\u0144ski, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The return of tactical nuclear armament has seemed out of reach for many years, but the debate has cropped up repeatedly. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Pronuclear South Koreans saw armament as a way to increase the country\u2019s prestige in the international community. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Navy back in the late 1990s designed the LCSs with minimal armament \u2014just a 57-millimeter gun, short-range self-defense missiles, an MH-60 helicopter and an MQ-8 drone. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"The refrigerator looks more like an armoire cabinet. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
"Folded up, this Murphy bed has the look of a streamlined armoire . \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"The inky armoire and art framing add a bit of daring to the space, the designer said. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The refrigerator looks more like an armoire cabinet. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 7 May 2022",
"In one video, Jeanine describes how her brother convinced her to jump off an armoire with an umbrella and try to fly like Mary Poppins. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Standing in the doorway of their mother Carla Joi Farmer\u2019s bedroom, Camirin Farmer took it all in: a towering afro, thick layers of soft cascading waves; dreadlocks accented with purple and platinum pieces; long braids perched on top of an armoire . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Why keep lugging such a heavy armoire from rental property to rental property? \u2014 Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Guests can rummage throughout the cave and find hidden surprises like an armoire stocked with green furry pants, a mannequin with an in-development Santa costume and all sorts of fabulous Who-contraptions. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"That honor belongs to a tree in Franklin, next to an Indiana National Guard armory . \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
"The People\u2019s Bank of China on Friday cut its benchmark rate for loans of five years or more to 4.45% from 4.6%, the biggest single reduction since the rate entered the bank\u2019s policy armory in 2019. \u2014 Jason Douglas, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"On Wednesday, Russian officials reported a fire at an armory in Belgorod, Russia, and reports of drones in two other areas near the border with Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The conspirators intended to seize weapons from a local armory and set fires all over the city, including at the governor\u2019s mills and the many fine homes near the seaport. \u2014 Marc M. Arkin, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Brown and his followers attacked a federal armory and arsenal in an attempt to seize weapons and arm Black men and others to fight against slavery. \u2014 Andrea Collier, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The calligraphers drew from an armory of Arabic scripts, each taking years to master, such as the bold and simple Thuluth, the dainty and curvy Farsi, the blocky and thick Kufi scripts. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The barracks have been converted to an armory museum showcasing medieval weapons like battleaxes, halberds, crossbows and flails. \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Founded in 1970 on the site of a former National Guard armory , the sprawling venue and stage managed to grow its national profile by leaps and bounds in under a decade. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Jan. 2022"
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": one skilled in the study of coat armor or heraldry":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rear seat space is good, but the cushion is low and flat and lacks a center armrest . \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 2 July 2022",
"My other choices, like having my armrest raised to support my elbow at a 90-degree angle, were key to the mouse feeling its best. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"With the touch of a button on the right armrest \u2019s touchscreen control panel, users will be able to rotate the display between vertical and horizontal angles. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The machinery itself looks a little bit like a giant espresso machine with a cushion armrest and chair placed in front of it. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The machinery itself looks a little bit like a giant espresso machine with a cushion armrest and chair placed in front of it. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The machinery itself looks a little bit like a giant espresso machine with a cushion armrest and chair placed in front of it. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The machinery itself looks a little bit like a giant espresso machine with a cushion armrest and chair placed in front of it. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"The machinery itself looks a little bit like a giant espresso machine with a cushion armrest and chair placed in front of it. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 21 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
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"a city described as the armpit of America",
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"Massage the gel into the armpit for approximately ten seconds to allow full absorption. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Hold it about two inches away from your armpit and pray for two seconds to cover the skin in product. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"My favorite part of this competition has become guessing whether players will carry their blocks in their mouth, under their chin, or in their armpit . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, bend your left elbow so your left hand is holding the rope by your right armpit . \u2014 Pam Moore, Outside Online , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Ward had a swollen lymph node under his right armpit . \u2014 Chris Iseman, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Using your triceps and the muscles behind your shoulder near your armpit , pull back against the band, moving your whole arm straight behind you, past the midline of your trunk. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 9 Jan. 2022",
"An autopsy was scheduled for Friday for Maleek, who suffered gunshot wounds to the head, armpit and back, the report said. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Paula Mijares Torres, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Jurors were shown images of Arbery's white T-shirt stained completely red with blood and with a fist-sized hole near the armpit . \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 16 Nov. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Armenian ( stone ), noun":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-124521"
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"Since this trial did not include a radiation-only treatment arm , it has been questioned whether radiation therapy alone might be as effective as sequential chemotherapy and radiation therapy in preserving the larynx.",
"\u2014 Everett E. Vokes et al."
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": to furnish with something that strengthens or protects":[
"arming citizens with the right to vote"
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"\u02c8\u00e4rm"
],
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"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
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"desk",
"division",
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"Verb",
"They armed the men for battle.",
"The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.",
"The two countries have been arming themselves for years, but now they have agreed to disarm.",
"We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.",
"They arm people with accurate information.",
"arming women with the right to vote",
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],
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"Middle English, going back to Old English earm, arm, going back to Germanic *arma-, masculine, (whence also Old Frisian erm \"arm,\" Old Saxon arm, Old High German aram, arm, Old Norse armr, Gothic arms ), going back to Indo-European *h 2 orH-mo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ramo \"shoulder,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian r\u0201me, stem r\u0201men-, Czech r\u00e1m\u011bk ; a parallel zero-grade *h 2 r\u0325H-m\u00f3- gives Old Prussian irmo \"arm,\" Lithuanian (eastern dialects) \u00ecrm\u0117d\u0117 \"pain from gout, chill, fever\" ( irm- \"arm\" + -\u0117d\u0117 \"eating\"), Sanskrit \u012brm\u00e1- \"arm,\" Avestan ar\u0259ma- ; Latin armus \"forequarter (of an animal), shoulder\" probably goes back to *h 2 erH-mo-":"Noun",
"Middle English armen, borrowed from Anglo-French armer, going back to Latin arm\u0101re, derivative of arma \"implements of war, weapons, equipment\" \u2014 more at arm entry 3":"Verb",
"Middle English armes (plural), \"weapons, the military profession, heraldic devices,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, plural of arme \"weapon,\" going back to Latin arma (neuter plural) \"implements of war, weapons, equipment,\" derivative, with a suffix *-mo-, from a presumed verbal base *ar-, going back to Indo-European *h 2 er- \"fit, join,\" whence Greek reduplicated aorist \u1e17raron \"(I) fit together, equipped, fit closely\" (from which present tense arar\u00edsk\u014d, arar\u00edskein ), \u00e1rmenos (middle participle) \"fitting, suited to,\" and (with suffixed *-smo- giving initial aspiration?) harm\u00f3s \"joint,\" h\u00e1rma, harmat- \"chariot, team of horses\"; Armenian arari \"(I) made,\" a\u1e59nem \"I make\"":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142032"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": squire":[],
": one entitled to bear heraldic arms":[]
},
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"borrowed from Latin, \"armor bearer, squire\" (Medieval Latin also \"person entitled to bear heraldic arms\"), noun derivative of armiger, adjective, \"bearing arms, armed,\" from arma \"implements of war, weapons, equipment\" + -i- -i- + -ger, agentive derivative from the base of gerere \"to carry, bear\" \u2014 more at arm entry 3 , jest entry 1":""
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142442"
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"armenian stone":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": azurite blue":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Armenian stone , noun, \"lapis lazuli\", source of blue pigment":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142607"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the annular ligament of the wrist":[],
": a stole similar to the ecclesiastical stole and used in the British coronation ceremony":[]
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"Latin, bracelet, iron ring, from armus shoulder, arm":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150558"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an electrical conducting cable with a wrapping of metal (such as tape or wire) \u2014 compare armor entry 1 sense 5b":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165907"
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"arms of dominion":{
"type":[],
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": national arms borne by a sovereign":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172015"
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"armpiece":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": an attractive person who accompanies someone to social events":[
"New York Giants standout Michael Strahan is a daily fixture in the New York Post these days thanks to his new armpiece Eva Pigford from \"America's Next Top Model\" \u2026",
"\u2014 Speakin' Out News (Huntsville, Alabama) , 28 June 2006"
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"first_known_use":{
"1945, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174453"
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"arm and a leg":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an exorbitant price":[]
},
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apple just wants to charge you an arm and a leg for a charger. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 13 May 2022",
"This pick is ideal for someone who wants an adjustable base but isn't ready to spend an arm and a leg . \u2014 Good Housekeeping , 12 May 2022",
"Making your makeup last all night long doesn\u2019t need to cost an arm and a leg . \u2014 ELLE , 13 May 2022",
"But finding pieces that check those boxes, plus add energy to your outdoor space and won't cost you an arm and a leg makes for a significantly more difficult proposition. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 9 May 2022",
"Some just want a decent-sized monitor that looks decent and doesn\u2019t cost an arm and a leg . \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Sometimes a company will invent a new technological piece of wizardry and seek to charge an arm and a leg to those that wish to use or license the shiny item. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Many artists would give an arm and a leg for this kind of enthusiastic reception. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Some just want a stylish family SUV that offers 7 seats when needed and doesn\u2019t cost an arm and a leg . \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181413"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": u.s. army green":[
"The New Army solved the problems of diversity through a strict code of behavior and a refusal to see any color but Army green .",
"\u2014 Gail Buckley , American Patriots , 2002"
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"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to the Armenian language or tongues of the same stock":[]
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"Armen ia + -ic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190746"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the alphabet of 38 letters in which Armenian is written and of which the invention is ascribed to the bishop Mesrob in the early 5th century a.d.":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192213"
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"armed tapeworm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tapeworm with a spiny rostellum (such as the pork tapeworm)":[]
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": the forelimb of a vertebrate":[],
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": a branch or lateral shoot of a plant":[],
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"\u2014 Everett E. Vokes et al."
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"arming citizens with the right to vote"
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"firearm",
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"piece",
"small arm"
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"Verb",
"They armed the men for battle.",
"The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.",
"The two countries have been arming themselves for years, but now they have agreed to disarm.",
"We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.",
"They arm people with accurate information.",
"arming women with the right to vote",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213432"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a distance discouraging personal contact or familiarity":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even if somebody were able to design a pool to overcome that particular hurdle, then the next hurdle is in the pricing of premiums and trying to meet the arm's length requirements. \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"But she's been criticized for visiting the region for three days in the 15 months since Biden announced her role -- keeping the politically fraught issue at times at an arm's length away. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 6 June 2022",
"The bottom line was that the Tax Court did not err in determining the Reserve Mechanical policies sold to Peak to be unreasonably priced and not negotiated at arm's length . \u2014 Jay Adkisson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Discovery must legally remain at arm's length from WarnerMedia until the deal receives government approval. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022",
"She is still weighed down by the grief of losing her father, so her primary tactic is to hold everyone but her sister at arm's length . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"And on Saturday, Glenn Youngkin became the first Republican since 2010 to be sworn in as Virginia's governor after running a campaign that kept Trump at arm's length . \u2014 Jill Colvin, ajc , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Youngkin has been walking a careful line between politely keeping former President Donald Trump at arm's length while trying to convince Trump voters to show up at the polls. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Robert Rubin, an attorney for Travis McMichael, asked firearms examiner Brian Leppard whether that meant the gun was within arm's length of Arbery. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 16 Nov. 2021"
"Although pharmaceuticals make up the bulk of the growing armamentarium against autoimmune diseases, some of the most intriguing additions explore alternative ways to restore balance in the body. \u2014 Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Wegovy adds to the armamentarium of pharmacologic therapies targeting weight loss, which in the past decade has expanded to include Saxenda (liraglutide), Contrave (bupropion/naltrexone), and Qysmia (phentermine/topiramate). \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 5 June 2021",
"But as humans controlled fire, learned to cook, became cooperative, and developed hunting techniques and an accompanying armamentarium of cutting implements, the requirement for robust dentition diminished. \u2014 Adrian Woolfson, WSJ , 31 May 2021",
"Since the start of the pandemic, our scientists have acted with unprecedented speed and coordinated action to deliver us an armamentarium of medical weaponry to confront this global threat. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Scientific American , 25 May 2021",
"While the patients and their oncologists will make the decision about following any recommendations, the process is designed to expand and individualize the cancer-fighting armamentarium beyond what is currently possible. \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Hyaluronic acid is one of the most effective, dependable, and accessible moisturizers available in the entire complexion armamentarium . \u2014 Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire , 17 Nov. 2020",
"The goal is not just to find biological markers of risk, but to tailor care accordingly\u2014sometimes by reaching beyond psychiatry's usual armamentarium \u2014and improve the prognosis of Moe and others like him. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS , 20 Aug. 2019",
"But as time has worn on, SSRIs seem more like just another middling tool in the psychiatric armamentarium . \u2014 Moises Velasquez-manoff, WIRED , 8 May 2018"
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"borrowed from Latin arm\u0101ment\u0101rium \"storehouse for military equipment, armory,\" from arm\u0101menta \"sailing gear of a ship, equipment, implements\" + -\u0101rium -ary entry 1 \u2014 more at armament":""
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"a ship with an armored hull",
"Additional armored divisions were deployed to the eastern front.",
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"Heavy armored and mechanized units, such as the 1st Cavalry Division, will probably not receive any. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"Later reports indicated the men were taken prisoner during a fight with Russian armored forces and video on Russian TV appears to show the men tied in the back of a truck. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 29 June 2022",
"Horned and armored dinosaurs walked on all fours with their heads near the ground, and isotope ratios show these dinosaurs ate low-growing plants in a relatively limited geographic area. \u2014 Riley Black, Scientific American , 21 June 2022",
"The plot involves a group of radical Native American activists and an armored truck robbery, along with murder and kidnapping on the vast Navajo territory of the Southwest. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The constant stream of armored ambulances racing from the front lines to the Lysychansk military hospital hints at the toll. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"The constant stream of armored ambulances racing from the front lines to the Lysychansk military hospital hints at the toll. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"The Russians mix artillery barrages with probing maneuvers by infantry or armored vehicles, identifying new targets by approaching Ukrainian lines and drawing fire. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"Far from being dinosaurian sideshows, armored dinosaurs were evolutionary success stories. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 May 2022"
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"landlocked independent country of western Asia; a constituent republic (":[
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012516"
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": a branch or lateral shoot of a plant":[],
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"arming citizens with the right to vote"
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"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
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"bureau",
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"Verb",
"They armed the men for battle.",
"The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.",
"The two countries have been arming themselves for years, but now they have agreed to disarm.",
"We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.",
"They arm people with accurate information.",
"arming women with the right to vote",
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"Middle English, going back to Old English earm, arm, going back to Germanic *arma-, masculine, (whence also Old Frisian erm \"arm,\" Old Saxon arm, Old High German aram, arm, Old Norse armr, Gothic arms ), going back to Indo-European *h 2 orH-mo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ramo \"shoulder,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian r\u0201me, stem r\u0201men-, Czech r\u00e1m\u011bk ; a parallel zero-grade *h 2 r\u0325H-m\u00f3- gives Old Prussian irmo \"arm,\" Lithuanian (eastern dialects) \u00ecrm\u0117d\u0117 \"pain from gout, chill, fever\" ( irm- \"arm\" + -\u0117d\u0117 \"eating\"), Sanskrit \u012brm\u00e1- \"arm,\" Avestan ar\u0259ma- ; Latin armus \"forequarter (of an animal), shoulder\" probably goes back to *h 2 erH-mo-":"Noun",
"Middle English armen, borrowed from Anglo-French armer, going back to Latin arm\u0101re, derivative of arma \"implements of war, weapons, equipment\" \u2014 more at arm entry 3":"Verb",
"Middle English armes (plural), \"weapons, the military profession, heraldic devices,\" borrowed from Anglo-French, plural of arme \"weapon,\" going back to Latin arma (neuter plural) \"implements of war, weapons, equipment,\" derivative, with a suffix *-mo-, from a presumed verbal base *ar-, going back to Indo-European *h 2 er- \"fit, join,\" whence Greek reduplicated aorist \u1e17raron \"(I) fit together, equipped, fit closely\" (from which present tense arar\u00edsk\u014d, arar\u00edskein ), \u00e1rmenos (middle participle) \"fitting, suited to,\" and (with suffixed *-smo- giving initial aspiration?) harm\u00f3s \"joint,\" h\u00e1rma, harmat- \"chariot, team of horses\"; Armenian arari \"(I) made,\" a\u1e59nem \"I make\"":"Noun"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014435"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mineral BaCa 2 Al 6 Si 8 O 28 \u00b72H 2 O consisting of a hydrous calcium barium aluminosilicate":[]
},
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"\u00e4r\u02c8m\u0113\u02ccn\u012bt",
"\u02c8\u00e4rm\u0259\u02cc-"
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"French arm\u00e9nite , from Arm\u00e9nie Armenia + -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020543"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032425"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": air reconnaissance to locate and gather intelligence on targets in areas where lack of air superiority makes it necessary for the aircraft to fight its way in and out again":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034201"
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"noun"
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"armor entry 1 + clad":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060000"
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"noun"
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": an ancient astronomical instrument for determining equinoxes and solstices by the shadows cast by the sun":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English armille bracelet, from Middle French, from Latin armilla":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061053"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a heavy generally black taffeta-weave silk used for clerical robes and mourning":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Italian ermesino , from Harmozia (now Hormuz, Ormuz ), ancient town on coast of Persia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061841"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rebek said there are two kinds of armyworms: the true armyworm and the fall armyworm, the latter of which is the scourge homeowners are now facing. \u2014 Christine Fernando, USA TODAY , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The bites of the armyworm are also a good clue, Pratt said. \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal , 1 Sep. 2021",
"And the threat of swine fever and armyworm in China would diminish if the country wasn\u2019t so dedicated to using the appetites of its people as a trade-war bargaining chip. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 June 2019",
"The drought has also given rise to armyworms and other pests that can damage crops. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Some of those successes include fighting armyworms . \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, Quartz , 20 June 2019",
"Warmer temperatures could accelerate armyworm reproduction. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, Quartz , 20 June 2019",
"Somehow the wrong picture was set with the armyworm story. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 7 June 2019",
"Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms , cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms, and cutworms. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 18 Dec. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074208"
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": the position taken by a neutral country during war in which it is prepared to maintain its neutral rights against the belligerents by force if necessary":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075719"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": one having the physical characters of the eastern branch of the Alpine subrace chiefly characterized by dark skin, prominent nose, and broad short skull often flat in the back with a sloping forehead":[]
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"\u00e4r\u02c8m\u0113\u02ccn\u022fid",
"\u02c8\u00e4rm\u0259\u02ccn-"
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"Armen(ian) + -oid":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080042"
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"type":[],
"definitions":{
": arms of corporate and other bodies (such as bishops' sees, abbeys, universities, and towns)":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080327"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a naval detachment aboard a merchant ship in wartime":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091312"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": Turkish as used by Armenians in Turkey with an admixture of Armenian words":[]
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"Armeno- (from Armenian entry 1 ) + Turkish":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092305"
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": arms taken up by the issue of heiresses to show their maternal descent":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102736"
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"type":[],
"definitions":{
": an army sent to occupy and control the territory of a conquered enemy":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103105"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a primarily tactical organization that consists of two or more armies (see army sense 1b )":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114740"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": bearing heraldic arms":[]
},
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"\u00e4r-\u02c8mi-j\u0259-r\u0259s"
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"Latin armiger \"bearing arms, armed\" + -ous \u2014 more at armiger":""
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"circa 1727, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-115121"
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"geographical name"
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"commune in northern France west of Lille population 26,107":[]
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"\u02cc\u00e4r-m\u00e4\u207f-\u02c8tyer",
"\u02cc\u00e4r-m\u0259n-\u02c8tirz"
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"adjective",
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": the Indo-European language of the Armenians \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[],
": a member of the Armenian church established by St. Gregory the Illuminator that adheres to the decisions of the first three ecumenical councils":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259n",
"-ny\u0259n"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125909"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of evergreen tufted herbs or subshrubs (family Plumbaginaceae) formerly included in Limonium but distinguished by narrow often linear leaves and flowers in dense globular heads \u2014 see thrift":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8mir\u0113\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131450"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil":[],
": the battle taking place at Armageddon":[],
": a usually vast decisive conflict or confrontation":[]
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"\u02cc\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02c8ge-d\u1d4an"
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"examples":[
"the threat of nuclear Armageddon"
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"Greek Armagedd\u014dn, Harmaged\u014dn , scene of the battle foretold in Revelation 16:14\u201316":""
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": a member of the Armenian church established by St. Gregory the Illuminator that adheres to the decisions of the first three ecumenical councils":[]
},
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"\u00e4r-\u02c8m\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259n",
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132346"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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},
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"\u02cc\u00e4r-m\u0259-\u02c8di-(\u02cc)l\u014d",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now humans catch the disease by hunting or eating armadillo meat. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Vulcan\u2019s pick aligned with a prediction from Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, where a tiny armadillo named Dahlia crossed a miniature field to select the Rams as her victor, FOX 13 reported. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Feb. 2022",
"And how do these women not know the difference between a possum and an armadillo ? \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Its requisite adorable animal sidekick, the armadillo -pill-bug hybrid Tuk Tuk, is also a trusty steed capable of navigating Raya through chase sequences. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Telling the uplifting story of a feisty young woman fighting for her homeland in the Amazon rainforest, abetted by Dillo, an armadillo , and Vaca, an oversized tapir, this is a highly theatrical proposition. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The residents include a happy hippo, dragon, dinosaur, bulls, an armadillo and King Kong hanging from a crane. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The vote was declared void and a second election was held \u2014 this time the roadrunner and the armadillo were the top contenders. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The armadillo killer is Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace), a fast-talking alpha-male maverick late of IBM who understands that, conventional wisdom notwithstanding, the tech wars are not over. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021"
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"borrowed from Spanish, noun derivative, with -illo, diminutive suffix, of armado, past participle of armar \"to arm,\" going back to Latin arm\u0101re \u2014 more at arm entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163736"
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": a genus of wood lice (family Armadillidiidae ) capable of curling into a ball when disturbed and including one ( A. vulgare ) from Europe that has been introduced worldwide":[]
": armorial bearings additional to those already possessed and conferred by special grant for distinguished services to the state":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184236"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a cosmopolitan family (type genus Armadillidium ) of terrestrial isopods having arched bodies that can be rolled into a ball and including all the wood lice":[]
