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Common collocations with arms in American Collocation

arms noun plural

US /ɑrmz/

buying/selling of arms

export
industry
procurement
sales
smuggling
trade
trafficking

In the 19th century Newcastle was an international port and centre of the arms trade.

people in the arms trade

broker
dealer
exporter
manufacturer
trafficker

They bought their weaponry from an arms dealer.

increase in arms

build-up
proliferation
race

the problem of small arms proliferation

decrease in arms

limitation
reduction

Ultimately all countries will have to sign up to an arms reduction protocol.

ways of reducing arms

control
decommissioning
embargo

We continue to support international arms control and disarmament initiatives.

a supply of arms

cache
dump

A major cave network containing a huge arms cache was discovered.