rearmament

noun

re·ar·ma·ment (ˌ)rē-ˈär-mə-mənt

: the act or practice of rearming : the act or practice of equipping a nation, a military force, etc. again with new or better weapons

concerns about nuclear rearmament

Countries like Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia all have borders with Russia and may consider rearmament.—

Khen Elazar

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America’s rearmament is rooted in a deal that Barack Obama struck with Congress in 2010. —

Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024 European defense production is insufficient to meet rearmament goals, despite Europe’s advantages in capital, machine tools, and labor productivity. —

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024 Smaller producers have been more effective in meeting the demand linked to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, growing tensions in East Asia and rearmament programmes in other regions, the institute said. —

Afp, Fortune Europe, 2 Dec. 2024 And the most effective leverage on Russia today may be accelerated European rearmament. —

Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rearmament