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arms race

noun

Definitions

  1. A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons…

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

  2. Any similar competition that involves competing developments.

    • The cost of parasitism has provoked an evolutionary arms race between parasite and host, in which hosts evolve defences to avoid becoming victimized and parasites counterattack by evolving strategies to outwit their hosts.

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