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Noun arming has 1 sense
  1. arming, armament, equipping - the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
    --1 is a kind of mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
    Antonyms: disarming, disarmament
    --1 has particulars: outfitting; rearmament
,Verb arm has 2 senses
  1. arm, build up, fortify, gird - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
    Antonyms: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise
    Derived forms: noun armor2, noun armament2, noun arm2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"
    --2 is one way to     supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived forms: noun armament1, noun arm2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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