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

2 senses of rearm

Sense 1
rearm -- (arm again; "After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors")
       => arm -- (supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan")

Sense 2
rearm, re-arm -- (arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm")
       => 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")