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. Erik Tihelka:

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

2. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   If Secretary Clinton goes along with President Obama's efforts to appease Iran, it will make our enemies stronger, endanger our ally Israel and trigger a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that will destabilize the region.

3. Boston Marathon:

   It's going to become – well, it is — an arms race and it should be a foot race, we should find out who (is) the best athlete and who can cover 26.2 (miles) better than the other person, not who has the newest, greatest technology.

4. Hurst Lin:

   It's an arms race.

5. Pete Pekins:

   Maybe this is where we can reach people and make them understand climate change is real, winter ticks are winning the arms race and your iconic species is losing.