re-arm

Thân thiện

The country began to re-arm its military forces.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To arm again; to provide with weapons or military equipment once more, especially after having been disarmed or after weapons have been depleted.

Usage

• The verb "re-arm" describes the action of equipping a nation, military force, or group with weapons again. It is typically used in military, political, and historical contexts.
• It is often used in the passive voice (e.g., "was re-armed") or to describe a deliberate policy or action.
• The hyphen in "re-arm" is sometimes omitted ("rearm").

Examples

• Verb:
  • The treaty forbade the nation to re-arm its naval forces.
  • Fearing a new threat, the general argued they must re-arm immediately.
  • After the conflict, the militia disbanded but later began to secretly re-arm.

Advanced Usage

• "To re-arm oneself": To personally take up weapons again.
  • The soldiers returned to the depot to re-arm themselves for the next assault.

Variants and Related Words

• Rearmament (n): The process of re-arming; the policy of equipping with weapons again.
  • The country's rapid rearmament alarmed its neighbors.
• Disarm (v): The opposite action; to take weapons away from.

Synonyms

• Re-equip (especially with weapons).
• Resupply (with arms).

Phrasal Verbs

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Verb

1. arm anew
   • After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm

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