1Equipped with or carrying a weapon or weapons.

1. 1.1 Involving the use of firearms.
   armed robbery

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   • Its comrades argued openly for their ideas, but at the same time there was a clandestine organisation, assisted by the Russian Red Army, preparing for armed struggle.
   • A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery, kidnap, handling stolen goods and firearms offences.
   • Firearms police are better prepared than ever to face the terrifying threat of an armed incident or terrorist attack, according the officer responsible for a new North Yorkshire Police team.
   • The essential issue has been the preservation of the ability to resort to armed terror, while limiting their opponents' capacity to respond in kind.
   • As a result, preparing for armed conflict is no longer only a matter of simply assembling battlefield strength to destroy defined adversaries.
   • Police believe banning sales of replica guns will lead to a drop in armed robberies and firearms incidents.
   • Most radical of all were the ultraists like John Brown, who were prepared to wage armed conflict to achieve their objectives.
   • Last month Batasuna, a banned party seen as Eta's political wing proposed a new formula for peace talks with the government, raising hopes that Eta might be prepared to end its armed struggle.
   • There were mutterings of suing for peace - but as Britons prepared for an armed invasion, intelligence sources abroad detected that their worst fears may not be realised.
   • The use of firearms in an armed robbery has declined in recent years, and at the same time there has been a dramatic increase in the use of other weapons, particularly knives, but also syringes.
   • In private but not in public, Fargo told the Chinese his command was prepared to use armed force to help defend Taiwan if the president so ordered.
   • The number of reported sexual assaults rose by 150 per cent and the number of armed robberies using firearms was up 67 per cent.
   • Confusing cinematic spectacle with the horrors and necessities of armed conflict signals an end to our ability to discern truth.
   • Reacting to the momentum of events, Lenin, from hiding, ordered preparations for an armed insurrection.
   • New types of weapons and equipment were in armed conflicts in the Middle East.
   • We weren't really prepared for armed confrontation, so we decided to find another trail.
   • You think the looting, rape and armed terror that emerged within hours in New Orleans couldn't happen elsewhere?
   • A young shop assistant spoke of his relief today after being cleared of stealing £10,000 following an armed robbery at a Southampton post office.
   • Mr. Clinton expanded on the law-enforcement theme, signaling that terrorists need not fear an armed response.
   • Did the rush to recognise independence for Croatia and Slovenia in 1991 prepare the way for armed conflict or not?
   • And then why did you commit four more armed robberies?
2. 1.2 (of a bomb, alarm, or other device) prepared to activate or explode.
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   • I answered, pulling the bag of weapons up and taking an armed rifle out of the bag.
   • Conclusive tests are still being done, both on those suspected weapons and the missiles discovered with suspected chemically armed warheads.
   • Payne has rigged a city bus with an explosive device that is armed once the bus goes above 50 miles per hour.
   • The stakes have been set, and weapons are armed, and like we've heard time and time again, we, the gamers will reap the benefits of this extraordinary battle.
   • Whereas factory alarms just make noise and someone can still start the car, my alarm actually shuts off the starter when it's armed.
   • The ‘A’ bomb and ‘H’ bomb were not armed until we were ready to drop them on a target.
   • All alarms when armed send a signal to a control room.
   • The debris scattered onto the concrete floor below on the other side, showering the men holding armed weapons with piercing fragments.
   • The submissions state that the bombs were then armed and the cars driven into the city centre, where they were later detonated.
   • Knowledge that the threat is in place; that nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons are armed and ready to be used.
   • He stepped forward with the caution of one approaching an armed landmine.
   • Two green lights appeared on her HUD indicating that two Hornet missiles were armed and ready to launch.
   • Four other armed rockets also were discovered and defused.
   • For the first time in his life, the gunman isn't looking at a helpless victim, but at an armed man prepared to kill him.
   • He regards his mail warily and handles packages like armed grenades.
   • At my command, our heavy missiles were armed, and we all formed up, including the rookies and our own bomber, and made one last pass at them.
   • Similarly, a security system sign may not refer to an actual armed alarm.
3. 1.3 Supplied with equipment, tools, or other items in preparation or readiness for something.
   he is armed with a list of questions

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   • The only armies we send over are those armed with fiddles, bodhrans, flutes and mandolins.
   • In this series, Kathy, armed only with the tools of science, conducts her own experiments, reviews the latest science and checks her findings with colleagues.
   • Delegates will be equipped to return to their diocese throughout the continent armed with the ability to evaluate the situation in their region or parish.
   • That said, the detainees may well be innocent of any crime, but to appear at an airbase civil or military armed with notepads and cameras in this environment is daft.
   • As a deluge of rain poured down on the course and a battalion of green staff armed with squeegees fought to keep play in motion, Matthew eventually pleaded with an official that play should be stopped.
   • The protest warriors join anti-war protests in progress, armed with t-shirts and signs that force anti-war arguments to extreme conclusions.
   • We descended on the steak like the Swiss army, armed with skewers instead of their multi-purpose knives.
   • A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes.
   • In the early Western Desert campaigns, PWE operated a few front-line propaganda units, armed with megaphones, to try to persuade Italian troops to desert.
   • My asthma would be classed as mild, but I have fought a constant battle with it, armed with my Ventolin puffer and occasionally steroid medication.
   • A crackdown on illegal parking in York will see an army of new-style traffic wardens armed with new powers and digital cameras.
   • Lots of people knew, but it continued for months until one lowly soldier armed with irrefutable evidence finally blew the whistle.

2Heraldry
Having claws, a beak, etc. of a specified tincture.