re-equip

Furnish anew entirely

Re-equip means to equip again—to provide with new or replacement equipment, or to outfit oneself anew.

Military units re-equip after losses in battle.

A kitchen might be re-equipped with modern appliances.

The company re-equipped its factories with automated machinery.

The word implies restoration or upgrading of capacity.

upgrade

modernize

Make contemporary

update · enhance · improve · optimize · modify · augment · revamp · replace · swap · reconfigure

supply

ammunition

Weapon projectiles and charges

resources · materials · consumables · parts · resupply · replenish · restock · refill · munitions · rations

gear

armor

Protective combat covering

  • helmetProtective head covering
  • vestSleeveless upper-body garment
  • bootsAnkle-covering footwear

gloves · goggles · weapons · kit · fatigues · camouflage · uniform · attire · holster · harness

prepare

training

Developing abilities through practice

organizing · coordinating · mobilizing · deploying · staging · outfitting · arming · provisioning · inspection · maintenance

Opposites
armament/equipment status

re-equipdisarm

Remove capacity to harm

demilitarize · decommission · unarm · strip · dismantle

renewal vs. depletion

re-equipdeplete

Greatly reduce supply

exhaust · run down · neglect · abandon · underfund

Family

equipment, equip, equipped, equipping, unequipped, equips, re-equipping, re-equipped

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