- present participle of arm.
arming
Example Sentences
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American drone operators lack experience fixing and arming drones under fire, said the person present at the exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Assemblage artist Betye Saar, who’s known for arming stereotypical images of mammies with deadly weaponry, and has influenced generations of artists, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Now turn the clock back to 27 February, as American and Israeli forces were preparing to strike, arming their aircraft, briefing their crews and programming targets for their missiles.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
North Korea also recently carried out missile tests from the naval Choe Hyon destroyer, claiming the country was in the process of "arming the Navy with nuclear weapons".
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
She trained on-site at the airfield where the regiment was currently stationed, arming bombs and attaching them to the Pe-2s.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
