armed
IPA: ˈɑrmd
adjective
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
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Examples of "armed" in Sentences
- Syria's state news agency says Syrian troops attacked what it calls "armed terrorist gangs" in Bab Amr and the southern region of Daraa Wednesday.
- Those who remain have posted social networking messages saying they fear a violent crackdown after the government vowed to use force against what it called armed gangs.
- The government said a 10-year-old boy and a number of others, including police officers, were injured in Damascus's Midan neighborhood on Friday, when what it called an armed terrorist group detonated an explosive and fired randomly.
- Syria's government said a 10-year-old boy and a number of others, including police officers, were injured in Damascus's Midan neighborhood on Friday, when what it called an armed terrorist group detonated an explosive and fired randomly.
- The LCC says: The latest episode of this series was in Baba Amr, where the regime attempted to blame what it calls "armed terrorist groups," in order to support its false story before the United Nations' security council meeting to discuss the Syrian file.
- The following day, Phillippe and a band of 200 insurgents armed with vintage rifles and M-16's (some of which, according to Le Monde's Caroit, were provided by the U. S.-armed Dominican military) captured Cap Haitien and began their advance on Port-au-Prince.
- For federal income tax purposes, the term "armed forces" tends to include commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel in regular and reserve units under control of the Secretaries of the Defense, which are generally the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force.
- The disorder reflects an escalation in the battle against President Bashar al-Assad that risks fueling his government's fight against what it calls armed terrorist groups, while pushing protesters to seek arms as they continue to face a military and security apparatus vastly more capable of crushing them.
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