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armed Definition

armed (ärmd)

adjective

  1. provided with arms (weapons), armor, etc.
  2. having arms (limbs) of a specified kind long-armed

armed Synonyms

armed

modif.

equipped, outfitted, girded, in battle formation, under arms, loaded, provided with arms, accoutered, fortified, protected, fitted out, in arms, well-armed, heavily armed, armed to the teeth*.

Antonyms unarmed*, vulnerable*, unprotected.

armed Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • information: But i went armed with information from the internet all translated into French for him.

Modifies a noun

  • robbery: Details of a foiled armed robbery in Barnes were also given.
  • force: I have zero problem with people using armed force to win thier freedom.
  • conflict: On February 6 they entered into armed conflict with the state police.
  • robber: A further few miles away in Bradford a man was shot trying to catch armed robbers.
  • guard: The armed guards must have been taking a break.
  • struggle: The place is a former ranch whose owner ran away in fear from the 1994 armed struggle.

Modifying Another Word

  • heavily: Being attacked by heavily armed riot police is terrifying.
  • poorly: The poorly armed Ethiopians were no match for Italy's modern tanks and aeroplanes.
  • well: But Hizbullah is well armed and skilled at fighting.
  • conventionally: Able to remain submerged for months at a time, conventionally armed nuclear powered attack submarines can cover a vast distance unseen and unheard.
  • not: A man is not armed because he has custody of a weapon.
  • now: Their server was now armed and ready to take on the Web.

Used with adjective complement

  • come: Come armed with your ' I Need to Improve List ' and we will help you.
  • go: But i went armed with information from the internet all translated into French for him.
armed Quotes

The military struggle may frankly be regarded for what it actually was, namely a war for independence, an armed attempt to impose the views of the revolutionists on the British government and large sections of the colonial populationat whatevercosttofreedomofopinionor the sanctity of life and property.

—Schlesinger, Arthur Meier

We the Peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, whichtwice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to 873 mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignityand worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends, to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one anotherasgood neighbours, and tounite our strengthto maintain international peace and security, and to ensure by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.

—United Nations Charter

Give me the liberty of the Press, and I will give the Minister a venal House of Peers, I will give him a corrupt and servile House of Commons†armedwiththeliberty of the Press, I will go forth to meet him undismayed.

—Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

The government may tomorrow withdraw every one of their troopsfrom Ireland.Ireland will be defended by her armed sons from foreign invasion, and for that purpose the armed Catholics in the south will be only too glad to join arms with the armed Protestant Ulsterman. Is it too muchtohope that out of thissituation a result mayspring that will be good not merely for the Empire but for the future welfare and integrity of the Irish nation?

—Redmond,John Edward