re-arm
Definition
- 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
Verb
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arm anew
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After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm
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