rearm

[ ree-ahrm ]

verb (used with object)

1. to arm again.
2. to furnish with new or better weapons:

   As soon as the new rifle was in production, the troops were rearmed.

verb (used without object)

1. to become armed arm again.

rearm

/ riːˈɑːm /

verb

1. to arm again
2. tr to equip (an army, a nation, etc) with better weapons

Derived Forms

• reˈarmament, noun

Other Words From

• re·ar·ma·ment [ree-, ahr, -m, uh, -m, uh, nt], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rearm¹

First recorded in 1870–75; re- + arm ²

Example Sentences

The planned returns for aerial landing include the drone latching on to a boom trailing beyond its mothership, much like for in-air refueling, only this will entail not just refueling but possibly being lifted inside the craft and rearmed.

From Popular-Science

They liked him when he came to power and started rearming the country because it meant the army got bigger, and suddenly there was room for the promotion of all these officers that are sort of stuck in the 1920s and 1930s.

From Time

Throughout the 1970s Carter badgered the NATO allies to rearm.

From The Daily Beast

It will be just a matter of time before they rearm through the tunnels, she said.

From The Daily Beast

The ceasefire will least as long as it takes Hamas to rearm, and likely not much longer than that.

From The Daily Beast

But without significant diplomatic follow-up, it will likely last only as long as it takes Hamas to rearm.

From The Daily Beast

So why not “try to give them the tools to rearm to be reemployed?”

From The Daily Beast

He'll drop fifty planet bombs out of your peaceful skies and collect your vassal worlds before they can rearm.

From Project Gutenberg

This fort the Admiral, in those days of waiting, had taken the precaution secretly to garrison and rearm.

From Project Gutenberg

"And now the Kerak Worlds want to rearm and try again," Leoh said.

From Project Gutenberg

If they won the armistice, they'd be able to retrench and rearm, and the war would break out again within a few years.

From Project Gutenberg

He has acquired complete dictatorship of the Kerak Worlds, and is now attempting to rearm them for war.

From Project Gutenberg