Armed
Build up
Build up verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
- The clever Germans abused numerous loopholes during the interwar period to build up their armed forced before completely repudiating the Treaty of Versailles.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life - It seems expected that you need to build up a strongly armed ship or two in order to kill the monster.
Source: Disc One Nuke - In Star Trek Khan, the Augments' take-over of Earth takes several decades to plan, while they place themselves in key positions and build up their advanced armed forces.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Comic Books
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Build up and Armed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/armed/build_up
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