Synonyms for arms race
arm·s race

Princeton's WordNet

1. arms racenoun

   a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

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1. Vladimir Putin:

   I fully agree with him -- however, to prevent a possible arms [ race ], we should think about it, we should do something about it, give corresponding instructions to our Foreign Ministry and the US State Department.

2. Matt Bennett:

   I do think there's a bit of an arms race underway.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   Getting a bad deal with Iran is the worst possible outcome because it's going to start a nuclear arms race, and under the agreement they're talking about, you're ensuring they're going to become a nuclear power, the goal was to dismantle their program.

4. Peter Dean:

   If there is an arms race in the Indo-Pacific, there is only one country that is racing, and that is China.

5. Erik Tihelka:

   I find it fascinating that we may owe the glow of fireflies to an ancient predator-prey arms race with the dinosaurs.