arming

3 definitions • 5 examples

present participle of

to provide yourself or others with a weapon or weapons:

Nobody knows who is arming the terrorists.

arm someone with something I armed myself with a baseball bat and went to investigate the noise.

They are currently arming for war.

to provide yourself or others with equipment or knowledge in order to complete a particular task:

be armed with I went to the meeting armed with the relevant facts and figures.

She armed herself for the interview by finding out all she could about the company in advance.