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Term for international restriction of weapons
Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional
Arms_control
American nonpartisan organization
The Arms Control Association (ACA) is a United States–based nonpartisan membership organization founded in 1971, with the self-stated mission of "promoting
Arms_Control_Association
U.S. government position
The under secretary of state for arms control and international security (T) is a political appointment within the U.S. Department of State that serves
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Arms_Control_and_International_Security
1961–1999 independent agency of the US government
The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was an independent agency of the United States government that existed from 1961 to 1999. Its mission
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Agency
destruction, and their control is a focus of international security through measures to prevent nuclear proliferation, arms control, or nuclear disarmament
Nuclear_weapon
1971 international agreement limiting nuclear weapons on the sea floor
The Seabed Arms Control Treaty (or Seabed Treaty, formally the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass
Seabed_Arms_Control_Treaty
Industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
The arms industry, also known as the defense (or defence) industry or military industry is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and other
Arms_industry
The Control Arms Campaign is jointly run by a coalition of over 100 organisations including Amnesty International, IANSA, Oxfam International and Saferworld
Control_Arms_Campaign
United States law
The Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Title II of Pub. L. 94–329, 90 Stat. 729, enacted June 30, 1976, codified at 22 U.S.C. ch. 39) gives the president
Arms_Export_Control_Act
Two classes of man-portable weapons
Small arms and light weapons (SALW), in arms control protocols, are two main classes of man-portable weapons. Small arms, broadly speaking, are individual-service
Small_arms_and_light_weapons
Topics referred to by the same term
Arms Control and Disarmament Act may refer to: Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961 22 U.S.C. § 2551 Title IV : Arms Control and Disarmament Act (amendments
Arms Control and Disarmament Act
Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Act
Two conferences between the United States and Soviet Union involving arms control
United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War superpowers dealt with arms control in two rounds of talks and agreements: SALT I and SALT II. Negotiations
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks
The Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC), created in 1980 by the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS), supports the
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
Committee_on_International_Security_and_Arms_Control
Missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
forces during the Cold War. Ballistic missiles became a major subject of arms control agreements. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)
Ballistic_missile
Illegal trafficking or smuggling of contraband weapons or ammunition
improve systems that control trafficked ammunition and firearms. The 1999 Report of the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms provides a more refined
Arms_trafficking
Competition between two or more parties to have superior armed forces
advantage over the other. Nuclear arms race Arms control Arms industry Cyber arms race Driver safety arms race AI arms race Lewis Fry Richardson for his
Arms_race
Arms control meeting between the Soviet Union and the United States
Arms Control was a two-day summit held on November 23 and 24, 1974, in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia, for the purpose of extending arms control
Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control
Vladivostok_Summit_Meeting_on_Arms_Control
1996 multilateral export control regime
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, also known simply as the Wassenaar Arrangement, is a multilateral export control regime
Wassenaar_Arrangement
US nuclear legislation
subsection (b), no funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or the Arms Export Control Act may be used for the purpose of— (1) providing economic assistance;
Symington_Amendment
Relaxation of strained international relations by verbal communication
with the Soviet government in order to facilitate negotiations over arms control and other bilateral agreements. Détente was known in Russian as разрядка
Détente
2011–2026 US-Russian arms control treaty
New START was a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia with the formal name of Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation
New_START
US non-profit advocacy organization
physicist Leó Szilárd. Its education and research arm, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, provides research to members of Congress and their
Council_for_a_Livable_World
1987 arms control understanding among 35 nations including the G7
China". Arms Control Today. Arms Control Association. November 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2010. "The Missile Technology Control Regime at a Glance | Arms Control
Missile Technology Control Regime
Missile_Technology_Control_Regime
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Arms Control Association, Arms Control Now (30 April 2012). Michael Singh, "The Case for Zero Enrichment in Iran", Arms Control Today, Arms Control Association
Iran_nuclear_deal
Implement or device used to inflict damage, harm, or kill
right of self-defense Knife legislation Air gun laws Gun law Arms trafficking laws Arms control treaties Space Preservation Treaty All countries have laws
Weapon
Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)
on arms control agreements with Moscow. On this issue, Brzeziński believed that to continue moving safely ahead with talks to control atomic arms with
Zbigniew_Brzezinski
1987 law making New Zealand a nuclear-free zone
Government passed the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act. The Act essentially declared New Zealand as a nuclear free zone
New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
New_Zealand_Nuclear_Free_Zone,_Disarmament,_and_Arms_Control_Act_1987
Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph Archived 23 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Arms Control Today, May 2006.
List of states with nuclear weapons
List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
Embargoes since October 2023
Britain have debated it. However, the US, as the major supplier of Israel's arms imports, keeps supplying weapons in spite of growing criticism of the mounting
Arms embargoes on Israel since 2023
Arms_embargoes_on_Israel_since_2023
United States law preventing export of military technologies
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of U.S. Department of State regulations that control the export of defense and military technologies
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations
Chemical arms control is the attempt to limit the use or possession of chemical weapons through arms control agreements. These agreements are often motivated
List of chemical arms control agreements
List_of_chemical_arms_control_agreements
Part of the post-WWII era and the Cold War
The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective
Nuclear_arms_race
University Press. pp. 29–31. "Pakistan's Evolving Nuclear Doctrine | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Archived from the original on 2025-06-04
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Unrecognized state in Eastern Europe
breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the Moldova–Ukraine
Transnistria
Laws or policies that regulate firearms
numbering about 285,000 combatants, control only about 350,000 small arms. This figure excludes older, pre-automatic small arms from military and law enforcement
Gun_control
1921–22 disarmament conference in Washington D.C., US
Soviet Russia was also not invited to the conference. It was the first arms control conference in history, and is still studied by political scientists as
Washington_Naval_Conference
International treaty
Treaty Seabed Arms Control Treaty Nuclear terrorism Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Strategic Arms Limitation
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons
Russian university
list of institutes is currently far from being complete: Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (established 1991) Engelhardt Institute
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Moscow_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology
Retrieved May 29, 2023. "Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: Why China Won't Build U.S. Warheads". Arms Control Association. Archived from
China and weapons of mass destruction
China_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Arms Control. January 1, 1995. Retrieved March 16, 2026. "Israel Gets U.S. Supercomputer for Secret Military Site". Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms
Israel_and_nuclear_weapons
1991 Soviet Union–United States arms control treaty
missiles (ICBMs) and bombers. START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001 resulted
START_I
Act of eliminating nuclear weapons
December 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine—Arms Control and Disarmament Annotated bibliography for nuclear arms control from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear
Nuclear_disarmament
Communication system between Russia and the US
(2002). Arms control. Sage. pp. 301–302. ISBN 0761940162. Coit D. Blacker, Gloria Duffy (Stanford Arms Control Group) (1984). International arms control. Stanford
Moscow–Washington_hotline
Initiative (last updated December 2016). "Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: North Korea". Arms Control Association. November 2016. Archived from
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control is a private non-profit, non-partisan organization, which, according to its website, "carries out research
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
Wisconsin_Project_on_Nuclear_Arms_Control
Intercontinental ballistic missile allegedly under development
Trouble?". Arms Control Today. March 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2025. "U.S. Space Aid to India: On a "Glide Path" to ICBM Trouble?". Arms Control Today. March
Surya_missile
1996 treaty banning all nuclear weapons testing
Giovannini, Francesca (24 September 1996). "The CTBT at 25 and Beyond". Arms Control Association. Retrieved 24 February 2026. Polsby 1984, p. 56. Strode 1990
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty
Spread of nuclear weapons
of Arms Control and the International Non-Proliferation Regime. Leiden: Brill Nijhoff. p. 4. ISBN 978-9004333161. "The Baruch Plan | Arms Control, Deterrence
Nuclear_proliferation
Military unit
Units, the Global Support Organisation, and the UK’s contribution to Arms Control and Verification on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. British Forces
Cyber & Specialist Operations Command
Cyber_&_Specialist_Operations_Command
Swiss research project
programmes, incentive schemes for civilian arms collections and security sector reform, and arms control interventions across Sudan. The Security Assessment
Small_Arms_Survey
US post-Soviet counterproliferation program
Federation. Arms Control Today opined that "the crisis in Ukraine probably has ruined prospects for another formal Russian-U.S. arms control agreement during
Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction
Nunn–Lugar_Cooperative_Threat_Reduction
Legislation regulating the export of harmful items
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which deals with military equipment and similar Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) deals with programmes
Export_control
1995 treaty ending the Bosnian War
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina entered into the related arms control treaty, the Florence Agreement, in 1996 under the Accords. The Dayton
Dayton_Agreement
The Weapons Intelligence Non Proliferation and Arms Control Center (WINPAC) is a United States Intelligence Community office that provides assessments
Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center
Weapons_Intelligence,_Nonproliferation,_and_Arms_Control_Center
Armament resolution by NATO
Along with the 1973 Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War, these arms control measures caused European NATO members, especially West Germany, to feel
NATO_Double-Track_Decision
1994 CSCE conference agreements
1990s and the West has no legal obligation to come to its aid now". Arms Control Wonk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August
Budapest_Memorandum
British military defence component
Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG) is a specialist defence component affiliated to UK Strategic Command which carries out a range of arms control
Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
Joint_Arms_Control_Implementation_Group
International treaties concerning Antarctica
Earth's only continent without a native human population. It was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, designating the continent
Antarctic_Treaty_System
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Joel S. (November 1985). "Mobile Missiles and Arms Control". Arms Control Today. 15 (9). Arms Control Association: 10–14. ISSN 0196-125X. JSTOR 23623482
MGM-134_Midgetman
Arms limitation agreement signed in 1996
The Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control – Annex 1-B (Serbo-Croatian: Sporazum o subregionalnoj kontroli naoružanja), also known as the Florence Agreement
Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control
Agreement_on_Sub-Regional_Arms_Control
Bureau
The Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS), formerly the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) is a bureau within
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Bureau_of_Arms_Control,_Verification_and_Compliance
Officer appointed by a legislature to keep order
A serjeant-at-arms or sergeant-at-arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word
Serjeant-at-arms
International organization which member states use to organize their export control system
(WA) on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), for the control of nuclear and nuclear-related
Multilateral export control regime
Multilateral_export_control_regime
Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)
of Nuclear Command Automation" (PDF). Arms Control Today. 50 (3). Washington, D.C., United States: Arms Control Association: 10–15. Archived from the
Stanislav_Petrov
Temporary halt to the trade of weapons punished by sanctions
(by EU), 2005–2009 Vietnam (by US) 1984–1995 Arms control Arms Export Control Act (United States) Arms industry "Remarks of SRSG Ghassan Salamé to the
Arms_embargo
1963 international agreement
moratorium as a crucial first step toward broader and more comprehensive arms control agreements, reflecting his commitment to nuclear disarmament and global
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
Type of international competition
exacerbate this effect. Another potential danger of an AI arms race is the possibility of losing control of the AI systems; the risk is compounded in the case
Artificial intelligence arms race
Artificial_intelligence_arms_race
Regulations on arms and ammunition
firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians. Laws of some
Overview of gun laws by nation
Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation
Office in the United States Department of State
assistant secretary of state for arms control, deterrence, and stability is the head of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. The
Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Arms_Control,_Verification,_and_Compliance
Intercontinental ballistic missile
missiles during the 2022 defense appropriations process. According to the Arms Control Association, Caucus Senators received the following contributions from
LGM-35_Sentinel
1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
to efforts in the nuclear arms race at nuclear disarmament and improving relations, although the Cold War's first arms control agreement, the Antarctic
Cold_War
US-Soviet/Russian treaty (1987–2019)
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (and its successor
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
Approach to warfare
Combined arms is an approach to warfare that seeks to integrate different combat arms of a military to achieve mutually complementary effects—for example
Combined_arms
US/UK SLBM
1989). "Trident II Missile Fails First Trial at Sea". Arms Control Today. 19 (3). Arms Control Association: 27. JSTOR 23623966. "THE UNITED KINGDOM TRIDENT
UGM-133_Trident_II
American diplomat
on foreign affairs, arms control and U.S. politics. She serves on the boards of Foreign Policy for America and the Arms Control Association. She is a
Laura_E._Kennedy
Multilateral treaty prohibiting the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, is an arms control treaty administered by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
Chemical_Weapons_Convention
U.S. military defense program (1984–1993)
Wars represents a fundamental assault on the concepts, alliances, and arms-control agreements that have buttressed American security for several decades
Strategic_Defense_Initiative
Heraldic design on a shield, surcoat or tabard
to control the use of arms. In England, Northern Ireland and Wales the use of arms is a matter of civil law and regulated by the College of Arms and
Coat_of_arms
American diplomat (born 1933)
arms control and non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997. This includes the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT Treaties), the Strategic Arms
Thomas_Graham_Jr._(diplomat)
President of the United States from 1969 to 1974
and arms control policy, and to separate them from those practiced by Nixon's predecessors. They also intended, through linkage, to make U.S. arms control
Richard_Nixon
Cold War embargo of Eastern Bloc states
Operating through informal consensus, CoCom maintained extensive control lists covering arms, nuclear materials, and dual-use technologies. However, CoCom
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
Coordinating_Committee_for_Multilateral_Export_Controls
1991–2001 series of wars in the Balkans
Council had imposed an arms embargo in September 1991. Nevertheless, various states had been engaged in, or facilitated, arms sales to the warring factions
Yugoslav_Wars
Combined military forces of Ukraine
separate troop arms of the UAF Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Communications and Cybersecurity Troops organs of military command and control, formations and
Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine
1975 treaty that comprehensively bans biological weapons
expert Daniel Gerstein has described the BWC as "the most important arms control treaty of the twenty-first century". However, the convention's effectiveness
Biological_Weapons_Convention
American government official and academic (1954–2022)
partners. His Pentagon arms-control responsibilities included matters involving the START II, ABM, CFE, and other arms-control treaties. Carter was nominated
Ash_Carter
residents." The world's armed forces control about 133 million (about 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to
List of most-produced firearms
List_of_most-produced_firearms
American nuclear physicist and U.S. Secretary of Defense
improve collective security arrangements—but with a stronger commitment to arms control. Brown adhered to the principle of "essential equivalence" in the nuclear
Harold Brown (secretary of defense)
Harold_Brown_(secretary_of_defense)
Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
multilateral track was about the shared regional issues water, environment, arms control, refugees and economic development. Four separate sets of bilateral negotiations
Madrid_Conference_of_1991
Pejorative term for the arms industry and international bankers
nationalization of munitions makers to put them under public control. The attacks on the arms industry just prior to WWI had all the elements of the merchants
Merchants_of_death
Military exercise of authority by a commanding officer over assigned forces
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... [that] employs human, physical, and information
Command_and_control
1992–1995 armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina
organizing Serbs outside Serbia, consolidating control of the fledgling SDS parties, and the positioning of arms and ammunition. The plan was meant to prepare
Bosnian_War
Ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
from its orbital flight path. It was decommissioned in compliance with arms control agreements, which address the maximum range of ICBMs and prohibit orbital
Intercontinental ballistic missile
Intercontinental_ballistic_missile
Research institute in Stockholm, Sweden
recommendations for armed conflict, military expenditure and arms trade as well as disarmament and arms control. The research is based on open sources and is directed
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm_International_Peace_Research_Institute
New Zealand minister of the Crown
The minister of disarmament and arms control was a minister in the government of New Zealand. The portfolio was established after the declaration of the
Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control
Minister_of_Disarmament_and_Arms_Control
Coalition of organizations
Arms Control Today. 48 (8): 31–33. ISSN 0196-125X. JSTOR 90025262. KLARE, MICHAEL (2018). "U.S., Russia Impede Steps to Ban 'Killer Robots'". Arms Control
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Campaign_to_Stop_Killer_Robots
US federal legislation
The Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2551, was created to establish a governing body for the control and reduction of apocalyptic
Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961
Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Act_of_1961
123 Agreement signed between the United States and India
of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph Arms Control Today (May 2006) "India's N-deal hurdle: Pak warns of arms race". CNN IBN
India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement
India–United_States_Civil_Nuclear_Agreement
American activist (1924–2016)
Schlafly co-authored books on national defense, and was critical of arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. In 1972, Schlafly founded the Eagle
Phyllis_Schlafly
Nonprofit non-governmental organization
objectivity, and effectiveness to this vexed area."[promotion?] Arms control Arms trafficking Conflict Armament Research – similar UK organisation "Institute
Institute for Science and International Security
Institute_for_Science_and_International_Security
1972 arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, also known as the ABM Treaty or ABMT, was a 1972 arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation
Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
ARMS CONTROL
ARMS CONTROL
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Beautiful Arms
Male
Egyptian
, a king of Egypt; Khufu.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harms.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name containing the element ermin- ‘world’, ‘great’. See for example, Armentrout.
Male
Egyptian
, a mystical personage from the Ritual of the Dead.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Arms; Armour; Weapons
Male
Finnish
 Finnish name ARMO means "grace." Compare with another form of Armo.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harms.German : variant of Armes 2.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Arms
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Greek, Latin, Parsi
God of War; Quick Sighted; Battle Strife; Ruination; A Ram
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
The Greek god of war.
Male
Greek
(ἌÏης) Greek myth name of the son of Zeus and Hêrâ. Identified with Roman Mars. Derived from the Greek word ares, ARES means "battle strife; ruination."
Boy/Male
Finnish, French, German, Swedish
Dear; Beloved
Male
Finnish
Finnish name ARMAS means "beloved."
Girl/Female
Arabic
Bride; Spouse
Male
Italian
 Italian name ARMO means "crew." Compare with another form of Armo.
Girl/Female
Welsh
Prophetess.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Weapons; Arms; Armour
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Ormes.
Boy/Male
Norse
From the river's mouth.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Arms
ARMS CONTROL
ARMS CONTROL
Boy/Male
Korean
Eastern passion.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sacred, Holy, Divine, Another name of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Indian
Pilgrim, Visitor of a shrine
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
A Flower
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Lord Shivs
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
To be blessed
Male
Greek
(Ἄτλας) Greek name derived from the word atlaô, ATLAS means "endures, suffers." In mythology, this is the name of a Titan who was punished by Zeus for siding with other Titans in a war against the Olympians. His punishment was to bear the weight of the heavens and earth on his shoulders.Â
Girl/Female
Biblical
Book, scribe, number.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Desire
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Herleifr, HERLEIF means "army descendant."Â
ARMS CONTROL
ARMS CONTROL
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ARMS CONTROL
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a.
Bearing arms.
v. i.
To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
n.
Power in arms.
n.
A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.
a.
With arms crossed.
a.
Deprived of arms.
v. t.
To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
a.
Between the arms.
a.
Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
v. t.
To furnish with arms or limbs.
a.
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.
a.
Great as a man's arm.
v. t.
To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
n.
A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
n.
Anything resembling an arm
n.
The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
n.
Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
n.
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
v. t.
To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
v. t.
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.