rearm
[ree-ahrm]
- to arm again.
- to furnish with new or better weapons: As soon as the new rifle was in production, the troops were rearmed.
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- to become armed again.
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Origin of rearm
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Examples from the Web for rearm
Contemporary Examples
Throughout the 1970s Carter badgered the NATO allies to rearm.
It will be just a matter of time before they rearm through the tunnels, she said.
The ceasefire will least as long as it takes Hamas to rearm, and likely not much longer than that.
But without significant diplomatic follow-up, it will likely last only as long as it takes Hamas to rearm.
So why not “try to give them the tools to rearm to be reemployed?”
Historical Examples
"And now the Kerak Worlds want to rearm and try again," Leoh said.
The Dueling MachineBenjamin William Bova
He has acquired complete dictatorship of the Kerak Worlds, and is now attempting to rearm them for war.
The Dueling MachineBenjamin William Bova
When they united with Frmont he was obliged to rearm them with Springfield rifles from his own stores.
The Civil War Through the CameraHenry W. (Henry William) Elson
He'll drop fifty planet bombs out of your peaceful skies and collect your vassal worlds before they can rearm.
VictoryLester del Rey
If they won the armistice, they'd be able to retrench and rearm, and the war would break out again within a few years.
In Case of FireGordon Randall Garrett
rearm
- to arm again
- (tr) to equip (an army, a nation, etc) with better weapons
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