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Princeton's WordNet

  1. arming, armament, equippingnoun

    the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Wiktionary

  1. armingnoun

    A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.

  2. armingnoun

    The act supplying with arms and ammunition in preparation of a conflict

ChatGPT

  1. arming

    Arming generally refers to the act of equipping oneself or others with weapons or other means of defense or attack. This could involve physical weapons like guns or swords, defensive tools like armor, or even metaphorical weapons like knowledge or skills. It can also refer to preparing or activating a mechanical device, system, or explosive for use.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Arming

    of Arm

  2. Armingnoun

    the act of furnishing with, or taking, arms

  3. Armingnoun

    a piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom

  4. Armingnoun

    red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. arming

    As applied to explosives, weapons, and ammunition, the changing from a safe condition to a state of readiness for initiation.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. arming

    A piece of tallow placed in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead, to which any objects at the bottom of the sea become attached, and are brought with the lead to the surface.

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  1. Ingram

  2. margin

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of arming in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of arming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of arming in a Sentence

  1. Deborah Lehr:

    ISIS is arming its campaign of terror in part by selling the past and robbing future generations of our history, we must constrict the terrorists ’ ability to profit from the sale of plundered antiquities.

  2. Donald Trump:

    No, Donald Trump was not saying that President Obama personally went to the Middle East and filled out the paperwork that incorporated ISIS. That's obviously not what Donald Trump's saying, Donald Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson told MSNBC on Friday. But what Donald Trump is saying is that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had the intel that President Obama needed to make decisions, particularly arming the rebels in Syria, which turned out to be ISIS, and as Gen. Flynn reports, President Obama ignored that willingly and created ISIS. Trump Donald Trump doubled down initially and said Donald Trump meant exactly what Donald Trump said. But on Friday, Donald Trump made clear that Donald Trump and Pierson were on the same page. When I said that President Obama -- and of course I ’m being sarcastic.

  3. Joshua Landis:

    We are talking about arming the two percent.

  4. Michael McCaul:

    I hope that Chairman Xi looks at the difficulties that Russia is having — maybe it is not such a great idea, however, I worry because China’s capabilities far outweigh Taiwan’s, that we need to learn from the lessons and mistakes we made in Ukraine and start heavily arming Taiwan.

  5. Maureen Ohlhausen:

    Arming the FTC staff with this sweeping new policy statement is likely to embolden them to explore the limits of unfair methods of competition, i fear this will ultimately lead to more, not less uncertainty.

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