- present participle of arm.
arming
Example Sentences
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By arming her mammies with revolvers, rifles and bullets, Saar turned a symbol of servility into one of militancy and power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The center increased its security and began arming its security after the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Instead, Anthropic is letting cybersecurity specialists and engineers in the open-source community work with Mythos to use the model as a defensive weapon "sort of arming them ahead of time," Krieger explained.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
But for a ceasefire to hold it would have to be accompanied by an agreement that regional backers stop arming the parties - and that will not be easy to achieve.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
"Wouldn't be worth the bother of arming myself. This is a tourna-ment of gnats."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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