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Definition 2024

arms_race

arms race

English

Noun

arms race ‎(plural arms races)

A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology.

Translations

a competition for military supremacy

Arabic: سِبَاق تَسَلُّح m ‎(sibāq tasalluḥ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍備競賽 (zh), 军备竞赛 (zh) ‎(jūnbèi jìngsài)
Esperanto: vetarmado
Estonian: võidurelvastumine
Finnish: kilpavarustelu (fi)
French: course aux armements f
German: Wettrüsten (de) n, Rüstungswettlauf m
Hebrew: מירוץ חימוש
Hungarian: fegyverkezési verseny (hu)

Italian: corsa agli armamenti f, corsa al riarmo f
Japanese: 軍備拡張競争 ‎(ぐんびかくちょうきょうそう, gunbi kakuchō kyōsō), 軍拡競争 ‎(ぐんかくきょうそう, gunkaku kyōsō)
Korean: 군비 경쟁 ‎(gunbi gyeongjaeng) (軍備競爭)
Polish: wyścig zbrojeń m
Portuguese: corrida armamentista f, corrida armamentícia f
Russian: го́нка вооруже́ний f ‎(gónka vooružénij)
Spanish: carrera de armamentos f
Swedish: kapprustning (sv) c