rearmament

noun

re·​ar·​ma·​ment (ˌ)rē-ˈär-mə-mənt 

: the act or practice of rearming : the act or practice of equipping a nation, a military force, etc. again with new or better weapons

concerns about nuclear rearmament

Countries like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia all have borders with Russia and may consider rearmament.

—Khen Elazar

Examples of rearmament in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Röttgen offers little to placate Germany’s surging far-right populists or its moderates concerned about the costs of massive rearmament. —Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

Another issue, Putin said, is whether Ukraine could use the 30-day ceasefire to continue mobilization and rearmament. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025

But the real rearmament of Europe is its moral rearmament. —Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025

The shock of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine led Europeans to launch a broad rearmament effort to defend the continent against military invasion. —Sophia Besch, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

re- + armament, after rearm

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rearmament

• disarmament
• armament