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rearmament

American  
[ree-ahrm-uh-muhnt] / riˈɑrm ə mənt /

noun

  1. the process of arming a group or nation again, especially with new or improved weaponry.


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Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference and a former diplomat, said rearmament was always going to evoke fears given Germany’s 20th century history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Anti-militarism has since been central to avoiding internal division, and attitudes against rearmament persist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In the lead for the Financial Times are Nato Chief Mark Rutte's comments that "Europe's rearmament is sustaining 195,000 US defence jobs".

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

During his visit, the US-born leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics has denounced polarisation and called for "patient dialogue" instead of war and rearmament.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

All subs were probably being called in for rearmament with cobalt-rigged atomic warheads for their guided missiles.

From Way of a Rebel by Walter M. Miller

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