Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
City police said the man was armed with a revolver.
...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards.
The rebels are well organised, disciplined and very well armed.
Synonyms: carrying weapons, provided, prepared, supplied More Synonyms of armed
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons.
I call on everyone to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle.
They had been found guilty of armed robbery.
3. See also arm1, -armed
-armed
(-ɑːʳmd)
1. combining form
-armed is used with adjectives to indicate what kind of arms someone has.
...plump-armed women in cotton dresses.
2. combining form
-armed is used with adjectives such as 'nuclear' and nouns such as 'missile' to form adjectives that indicate what kind of weapons an army or person has.
...nuclear-armed navy vessels.
3. See also armed
armed in British English1
(ɑːmd)
adjective
1.
equipped with or supported by arms, armour, etc
2.
prepared for conflict or any difficulty
3.
(of an explosive device) prepared for use; having a fuse or detonator installed
4.
(of plants) having the protection of thorns, spines, etc
armed in British English2
(ɑːmd)
adjective
a.
having an arm or arms
b.
(in combination)
long-armed
one-armed
armed in American English
(ɑrmd)
adjective
1.
provided with arms (weapons), armor, etc.
2.
having arms (limbs) of a specified kind
long-armed
More idioms containing
armed
armed to the teeth
Examples of 'armed' in a sentence
armed
Concrete barriers and heavily armed police protected it from protesters.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Once their fighting or patrolling is over we don't treat our armed forces well.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He served a long prison sentence in the 1970s for armed robbery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yes, the police and the armed forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some 18,000 armed police and soldiers on duty but few clashes were reported.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A police helicopter and armed units joined the hunt for the dogs.
The Sun (2017)
We went to the club next door last night and when we left to come back to the hotel we had two armed police following us back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Politicians sent soldiers to Northern Ireland while they sat at home protected by armed police.
The Sun (2016)
At least 50 armed riot police had to march in to control the crowd, with pushing and shoving at the front.
The Sun (2016)
Armed police raced to the scene but could not find the culprit.
The Sun (2016)
There was little connection between the people and the armed struggle.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
Two of the suspects have records for drug abuse and armed robbery.
The Sun (2014)
This was not a killing in the heat and exercise of armed conflict.
The Sun (2013)
It followed reports that an armed man had buried himself underground.
The Sun (2011)
An armed police guard is at the hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The young had left to join the armed struggle.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
The dossier was opened for attempted murder and armed robbery.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Armed conflict was seen as wasteful and to be avoided.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He had opposed apartheid with great courage and led the armed struggle against it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He had failed to appear before a judge to answer charges of armed robbery.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
During these years there was open violence and armed struggle.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
We do all that we can to induce local forces to fight according to the laws of armed conflict.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their commander said that he could muster 150 armed men within minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Outside, armed police officers were on guard.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's an armed robbery but not in the conventional sense most people would recognise.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He appeared unusually anxious as he boarded, complaining about the numbers of armed police patrolling the platforms.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
POLICE have apologised after wrongly identifying an innocent man as an armed robber in an online press release.
The Sun (2015)
They are well equipped, better armed and have a more acute sense of counter-insurgency tactics.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They could have reached them, ready and armed, in a matter of seconds.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
He said: 'You would think they would come well armed with what not to do.
The Sun (2009)
Despite these difficulties, all the groups were armed and ready for operations by early June.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
By the time the door was opened, the flat's occupants were armed and ready.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Armed and ready for criticism, he launches a pre-emptive strike.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
armed
British English: armed /ɑːmd/ ADJECTIVE
Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon.
He may be armed.
American English: armed
Arabic: مُسَلَّح
Brazilian Portuguese: armado
Chinese: 武装的
Croatian: naoružan
Czech: ozbrojený
Danish: bevæbnet
Dutch: gewapend
European Spanish: armado
Finnish: aseistettu
French: armé
German: bewaffnet
Greek: ένοπλος
Italian: armato
Japanese: 武装した
Korean: 무장한
Norwegian: bevæpnet
Polish: uzbrojony
European Portuguese: armado
Romanian: înarmat
Russian: вооруженный
Latin American Spanish: armado montado
Swedish: beväpnad
Thai: ติดอาวุธ
Turkish: silahlı
Ukrainian: озброєний
Vietnamese: có vũ khí
All related terms of 'armed'
arm
Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
one-armed
having only one arm
armed guard
a guard who is carrying a gun
light-armed
bearing light weapons
well-armed
having many or good weapons
armed forces
The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
armed robbery
a robbery that is carried out by people carrying guns
armed bullhead
a European marine scorpaenoid fish, Agonus cataphractus, of northern European waters , with a large head, long thin tail , and body completely covered with bony plates : family Agonidae
armed conflict
Conflict is fighting between countries or groups of people.
armed intervention
an official response to a situation which involves the armed forces
one-armed bandit
A one-armed bandit is the same as a → fruit machine .
armed response unit
(in Britain) a unit of police officers who are trained to use firearms in situations where unarmed police officers would be in danger
armed to the teeth
Someone who is armed to the teeth is armed with a lot of weapons or with very effective weapons.
stiff arm
to push away (an opponent ) with one's arm out straight
to give sb the stiff arm
US → another name for stiff-arm
armed response vehicle
(in Britain ) a police vehicle carrying armed officers who are trained to respond to incidents involving firearms
strong-arm
If you refer to someone's behaviour as strong-arm tactics or methods , you disapprove of it because it consists of using threats or force in order to achieve something.
straight-arm
(of a tackle ) performed with the arm fully extended
one-arm bandit
a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side
armed (or dressed) to the teeth
as armed (or dressed up) as one can be
ARV
armed response vehicle
pogge
a European marine scorpaenoid fish, Agonus cataphractus, of northern European waters , with a large head, long thin tail , and body completely covered with bony plates : family Agonidae
small arm
a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm)