EQUIPPING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war

Synonyms:

armament; arming; equipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("equipping" is a kind of...):

militarisation; militarization; mobilisation; mobilization (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equipping"):

outfitting (the act of renovating and fitting out a ship)

rearmament (the act of arming again)

Derivation:

equip (provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose)

-ing form of the verb equip