1 involving the use of weapons:
an armed robbery * an international armed conflict (= a war) * Guerrillas have pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government.
OPPUNARMED
2 ~ (with a gun, etc.) carrying a weapon, especially a gun:
The man is armed and dangerous. * armed guards * Police were heavily armed. * He was armed with a rifle.
OPPUNARMED
3 ~ (with sth) knowing sth or carrying sth that you need in order to help you to perform a task:
He was armed with all the facts. * I sat down by the lake armed with a pair of binoculars.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for armed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is armed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, armed is tagged as adjective.
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