arming
Preparing for battle
Arming is the act of equipping with weapons or preparing for conflict: The arming of local militias destabilized the region.
It extends to activating defensive or offensive systems: arming the security alarm, arming a warhead.
The word carries weight in policy debates about arming teachers or arming rebel groups.
Supplying with necessary gear
- supplyingProviding what's required
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- kitGrouped supplies, one purpose
equipment · apparatus · tools · hardware · rigging · tackle · accessories · fittings
Weapon projectiles and charges
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- gunsProjectile-launching weapons
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
swords · knives · daggers · missiles · grenades · bombs · artillery · crossbow
Organizing for action
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- regimentColonel-led military unit
battalion · brigade · platoon · infantry · troops · soldiers · militia · guerrilla
Making stronger or sturdier
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- guardingActively protecting something
- barricadingBlocking passage with obstacles
- reinforcingMaking more robust
securing · entrenchment · deterrence · blockade · rampart · bulwark · bunker · stronghold
outfitting
Supplying with necessary gear
- supplyingProviding what's required
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
kit · equipment · apparatus · tools · hardware · rigging · tackle · accessories · fittings · munitions
ammunition
Weapon projectiles and charges
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- gunsProjectile-launching weapons
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
pistols · swords · knives · daggers · missiles · grenades · bombs · artillery · crossbow · musket
mobilization
Organizing for action
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
regiment · battalion · brigade · platoon · infantry · troops · soldiers · militia · guerrilla · insurgent
fortifying
Making stronger or sturdier
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- guardingActively protecting something
- barricadingBlocking passage with obstacles
reinforcing · securing · entrenchment · deterrence · blockade · rampart · bulwark · bunker · stronghold · safeguarding
trigger
What initiates action
switch · circuit · wiring · priming · cocking · safety · activating · engaging · enabling · countdown
plate
Flat dish for food
shield · gauntlet · cuirass · breastplate · greaves · vambrace · pauldron · gorget · hauberk · brigandine
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- battle prepbriefing, preparation, readiness, mobilization, mustering
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- security alarmsburglar alarm, panic buttons, car alarm, fire alarm, motion sensors
- contra dancecontra dance, country dance, longways, caller, figure
armingdisarming
Allaying suspicion through warmth
disarmament · disarm · demilitarizing · demilitarization · demilitarise
armingdemobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
demobilizing · standing down · disbanding · deactivating · decommissioning
- arming upObtaining weapons for conflict
- straight armingPushing someone away arm-first
- arming to the teethAcquiring maximal armaments
- arming swordMedieval one-handed blade