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| has gloss | (verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" gird, fortify, build up, arm |
| lexicalization | eng: arm |
| lexicalization | eng: build up |
| lexicalization | eng: fortify |
| lexicalization | eng: gird |
| has subclass | (verb) arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" rearm, re-arm |
| has subclass | (verb) arm in advance of a confrontation forearm |
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| opposite | (verb) remove offensive capability from disarm, demilitarise, demilitarize |
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