Meanings
nounrearmament (countable and uncountable, plural rearmaments)
plural rearmaments
- countableuncountableThe process of rearming.
Origin
From re- + armament. Compare French réarmement.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian превъоръжа́ване
- превъоръжа́ване (prevăorăžávane)the process of rearming
Czech přezbrojení
- přezbrojeníthe process of rearming
Dutch herbewapening
- herbewapeningthe process of rearming
Finnish uudelleenvarustelu
- uudelleenvarusteluthe process of rearming
French réarmement
- réarmementthe process of rearming
German Wiederaufrüstung, Wiederbewaffnung
- Wiederaufrüstungthe process of rearming
- Wiederbewaffnungthe process of rearming
Japanese 再軍備
- 再軍備 (saigunbi)the process of rearming
Norwegian Bokmål gjenopprustning, gjenopprusting
- gjenopprustningthe process of rearming
- gjenopprustingthe process of rearming
- opprustningthe process of rearming
- opprustingthe process of rearming
Polish przezbrojenie
- przezbrojeniethe process of rearming
Russian перевооруже́ние
- перевооруже́ние (perevooružénije)the process of rearming
Slovak prezbrojenie
- prezbrojeniethe process of rearming
Ukrainian переозбро́єння
- переозбро́єння (pereozbrójennja)the process of rearming
Cite this entry
APA
rearmament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearmament
MLA
“rearmament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearmament. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rearmament,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rearmament.
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