in arms

ADJECTIVE

militant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assertive bellicose belligerent militaristic vigorous warring

STRONG

active fighting martial military offensive

WEAK

assertory combating contending contentious embattled gladiatorial pugnacious pushy quarrelsome scrappy self-assertive truculent up in arms warlike

Antonyms

WEAK

compliant peaceful peaceloving submissive tolerant

Example Sentences

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But a nation can only sustain 1% of its population in arms at any given time.

From The Wall Street Journal

"From our country, we are doing everything possible in the search and rescue of these brothers in arms," Diaz-Canel said.

From Barron's

“We weren’t sisters in arms,” I snap.

From Literature

“She was your sister in arms. You shared the same job.”

From Literature

As I accepted the statue, I thought of Mama winning an Oscar for “The Wizard of Oz” and “Babes in Arms.”

From The Wall Street Journal