Antonyms of noun arming

1 sense of arming

Sense 1
arming, armament, equipping -- (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)
       Antonym of disarming (Sense 1)
      => disarming, disarmament -- (act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arming

1 sense of arming

Sense 1
arming, armament, equipping -- (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)
       => mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation -- (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops")

Antonyms of verb arm

1 of 2 senses of arm

Sense 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 Iraqi border")
       Antonym of disarm (Sense 1)
      => disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise -- (remove offensive capability from)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb arm

2 senses of arm

Sense 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 Iraqi border")

Sense 2
arm -- (supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")