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rearm Definition

re·arm (rē ärm′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to arm again
  2. to arm with new or more effective weapons

rearm Related Forms
re·ar′·ma·ment noun
rearm Usage Examples

Object

  • kit: Only use original rearming kits, these are available from The Marine Warehouse by mail order, or any good chandler.
  • operation: In the forward areas of the battlefield, ADA protects combat trains, refueling, and rearming operations.
  • point: Supported units reorganize or, if necessary, reconfigure the ammunition they pickup at the ATP for further delivery forward to rearm points.
  • area: Only loading, down loading, arming and dearming evolutions are authorized to be conducted in the rearming area by the individual stores.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: Earlier, in 1952, we had pressured France to join with Western Germany ( now rearmed ) in the six-nation European Defense Community.
  • n't: Last year it said in a report that it couldn't be sure that Iraq was n't rearming.