- 1[intransitive, transitive] to provide weapons for yourself/someone in order to fight a battle or a war arm yourself/somebody (with something) The men armed themselves with sticks and stones. The country was arming itself against the enemy. (figurative) She had armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics. see armed
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- 2[transitive] arm something to make a bomb, etc. ready to explode compare disarm
arm
verbNAmE//ɑrm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they arm he / she / it arms
past simple armed
-ing form arming
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