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ARMING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Synonyms:

armament; arming; equipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("arming" is a kind of...):

militarisation; militarization; mobilisation; mobilization (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arming"):

outfitting (the act of renovating and fitting out a ship)

rearmament (the act of arming again)

Antonym:

disarming (act of reducing or depriving of arms)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb arm

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