- present participle of arm.
arming
Britishnoun
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the act of taking arms or providing with arms
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nautical a greasy substance, such as tallow, packed into the recess at the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of sand, gravel, etc, from the bottom
Example Sentences
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Civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union accused the department of attempting to intimidate the public by arming agents with another use-of-force option.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Some AI-safety campaigners—many of whom already worry that AI systems will escape human control and turn on their creators—argue that arming AI would only accelerate the danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
According to prosecutors, Allen spent his last minutes checking websites that covered Trump's whereabouts, arming himself, and posing for a selfie taken with a cellphone in the mirror of his room.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Marchers were cautioned not to pick up anything they might innocently drop while downtown; the authorities might think they were arming themselves with stones.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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