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Definition of rearm verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rearm

verb
 
/riˈɑːm/
 
/riˈɑːrm/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rearm
 
/riˈɑːm/
 
/riˈɑːrm/
he / she / it rearms
 
/riˈɑːmz/
 
/riˈɑːrmz/
past simple rearmed
 
/riˈɑːmd/
 
/riˈɑːrmd/
past participle rearmed
 
/riˈɑːmd/
 
/riˈɑːrmd/
-ing form rearming
 
/riˈɑːmɪŋ/
 
/riˈɑːrmɪŋ/
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  1. to obtain or supply somebody with new or better weapons, armies, etc.
    • The country was forbidden to rearm under the terms of the treaty.
    • rearm somebody Rebel troops were being rearmed.
See rearm in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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