rearm
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re·arm
(rē-ärm′)v. re·armed, re·arm·ing, re·arms
v.tr.
1. To arm again.
2. To equip with better weapons.
v.intr.
To arm oneself again.
re·ar′ma·ment (rē-är′mə-mənt) n.
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rearm
(riːˈɑːm)vb
1. (Military) to arm again
2. (Military) (tr) to equip (an army, a nation, etc) with better weapons
reˈarmament n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
re•arm
(riˈɑrm)v.t.
1. to arm again.
2. to furnish with new or better weapons.
v.i. 3. to become armed again.
[1870–75]
re•ar′ma•ment (-mə mənt) n.
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rearm
Past participle: rearmed
Gerund: rearming
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Verb | 1. | rearm - arm again; "After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors" arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" |
2. | rearm - arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" |
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Translations
يُعيدُ تَسْليح
přezbrojit
genopruste
újra felfegyverez
endurvopnast; endurnÿja vopnabúnaî
perginklavimasperginkluotipersiginklavimaspersiginkluoti
pārapbruņot
prezbrojiť
yeniden silâhlannmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rearm
vt country → wieder bewaffnen; forces, troops → neu ausrüsten or ausstatten
vi → wieder aufrüsten, neue Ausrüstung anschaffen, sich neu ausrüsten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rearm
(riːˈaːm) verb to give or get weapons again, especially weapons of a new type.
reˈarmament (-məmənt) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.