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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Instead, Anthropic is letting cybersecurity specialists and engineers in the open-source community work with Mythos to use the model as a defensive weapon "sort of arming them ahead of time," Krieger explained.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
North Korea also recently carried out missile tests from the naval Choe Hyon destroyer, claiming the country was in the process of "arming the Navy with nuclear weapons".
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Writing on X, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk referenced the decision, saying: "We are arming up together with our friends so that our enemies will never dare to attack us."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
The U.S. and U.N. have long accused Rwanda of funding, arming and fighting alongside M23.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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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