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REARMAMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rearmament mean?
• REARMAMENT (noun)
The noun REARMAMENT has 1 sense:
1. the act of arming again
Familiarity information: REARMAMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of arming again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he opposed the rearmament of Japan after World War II
Hypernyms ("rearmament" is a kind of...):
armament; arming; equipping (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)
Derivation:
rearm (arm anew)
rearm (arm again)
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