rearm
verb
re·arm
(ˌ)rē-ˈärm 
rearmed; rearming; rearms
: to arm (a nation, a military force, etc.) again with new or better weapons
: to become armed again
Examples of rearm in a Sentence
The treaty forbids the country to rearm.
Another country was rearming their enemies.
Recent Examples on the Web
With Russian forces reinforced and rearmed, Ukraine’s are now locked into a punishing, World War I-style standoff, as opposing armies engage in trench warfare – the front lines barely moving – and suffer attritional carnage.
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
After his crew chief was severely wounded amid heavy gunfire at low altitudes, General Bahnsen evacuated him, refueled and rearmed.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, from neighboring countries, the perpetrators licked their wounds, rearmed, and resolved to finish the job.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
But others cautioned that Simonyan’s words represented no more than a fresh propaganda ploy by the Kremlin because any attempt to freeze the conflict at the current lines was only aimed at acquiring more time for the Russian army to rearm to attack again.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
When discussing the military’s recent loss of the key city of Avdiivka, Zelenskyy avoided directly blaming the retreat on a lack of ammunition from Ukraine’s key allies, but stressed the need to rearm and destroy Russia’s air fleet after the country dropped 3,200 bombs in the area.
—Nick Duffy, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
But after the failure of Ukraine’s offensive to drive Mr. Putin’s troops significantly backward, a rearming Russia could soon be in a position to make advances of its own.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
But the militants later regrouped and rearmed in each case.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Israel has also fought three major wars against Hamas in Gaza since 2008, none of which prevented the group from rearming and preparing for the Oct. 7 assault.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
After his crew chief was severely wounded amid heavy gunfire at low altitudes, General Bahnsen evacuated him, refueled and rearmed.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, from neighboring countries, the perpetrators licked their wounds, rearmed, and resolved to finish the job.
—Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
But others cautioned that Simonyan’s words represented no more than a fresh propaganda ploy by the Kremlin because any attempt to freeze the conflict at the current lines was only aimed at acquiring more time for the Russian army to rearm to attack again.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
When discussing the military’s recent loss of the key city of Avdiivka, Zelenskyy avoided directly blaming the retreat on a lack of ammunition from Ukraine’s key allies, but stressed the need to rearm and destroy Russia’s air fleet after the country dropped 3,200 bombs in the area.
—Nick Duffy, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
But after the failure of Ukraine’s offensive to drive Mr. Putin’s troops significantly backward, a rearming Russia could soon be in a position to make advances of its own.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
But the militants later regrouped and rearmed in each case.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
Israel has also fought three major wars against Hamas in Gaza since 2008, none of which prevented the group from rearming and preparing for the Oct. 7 assault.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
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“Rearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rearm. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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