Definition of Rearmament

1. Noun. The act of arming again. "He opposed the rearmament of Japan after World War II"

Generic synonyms: Armament, Arming, Equipping
Derivative terms: Rearm, Rearm

Definition of Rearmament

1. Noun. The process of rearming. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rearmament

1. armament [n -S] - See also: armament

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rearmament

rearguards
reargue
reargued
reargues
rearguing
reargument
rearguments
rearing
rearing up
rearise
rearisen
rearises
rearising
rearly
rearm
rearmament (current term)
rearmaments
rearmed
rearmice
rearming
rearmouse
rearmouses
rearms
rearomatization
rearomatize
rearomatizes
rearomatizing
rearose
rearousal

Literary usage of Rearmament

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Germany: A Country Study edited by Eric Solsten (1999)
"rearmament and the European Defense Community The outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 ... Germany's rearmament was also anathema to some of its neighbors, ..."

2. Germany and NATO by John A. Reed, Jr. (1995)
"The German Chancellor realized that the prospect of rearmament could be a powerful weapon for obtaining goals he had set for himself and the new Germany. ..."

3. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"In fact, the most serious constraint on German rearmament in the 1930's was the lack of foreign exchange. Without hard currency to cover imports, ..."

4. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"As a noted public figure, he started the world Moral rearmament movement with four ... The Moral rearmament movement owned a huge structure in Caux, ..."

5. NATO's Future: Toward a New Transatlantic Bargain by Stanley R. Sloan (1995)
"A number of factors convinced Acheson that moving too rapidly on the rearmament issue could be destabilizing in Germany as well as in France. ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Jacob points out skeptically another weak point: material rearmament is not yet finished; ... Jacob gives too static an appraisal of German rearmament. ..."

7. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"As to his other points, Thomas Jones puts it well: he "reconciled the Party to the League by supporting rearmament, and reconciled the pacifists to ..."

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