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Definition of rearm
transitive verb
: to arm (a nation, a military force, etc.) again with new or better weapons
intransitive verb
: to become armed again
From the M-W Editors
Examples of rearm in a Sentence
The treaty forbids the country to rearm.
Another country was rearming their enemies.
Recent Examples of rearm from the Web
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Responding to complaints, Disney rearmed the cruise ship captains and gave them the green light to fire at will.
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This rearming barely a decade after a conflict that ought to have inoculated Germany against the contagion of battle-lust forever, was intolerable to Einstein.
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On the morning of June 4, American dive bombers encountered the Japanese fleet as its planes were being refueled and rearmed.
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Ties tightened further in the 1950s when the U.S. began rearming for the Korean War.
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And like Stanley Baldwin, Obama was never willing to make a few unpopular decisions to rearm and face down aggressors in order not to be forced to make far more dangerous and unpopular decisions later on.
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These forces keep everyone in check during the country’s transition to peace and provide basic security in a way that won’t spur either side to rearm.
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Above all, to prepare to wage future wars, rather than continuing the habit of rearming for previous ones.
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First Known Use of rearm
1750
REARM Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of rearm for English Language Learners
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: to obtain new weapons
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: to supply (someone or something) with new weapons
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