1
a
: furnished with weapons
an armed guard
also
: using or involving a weapon
b
: furnished with something that provides security, strength, or efficacy
armed with knowledge
2
: marked by the maintenance of armed forces in readiness
: having an arm or arms especially of a specified kind or number
—usually used in combination
long-armed
two-armed
Examples of armed in a Sentence
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Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 17 May 2024
Deputies fatally shot an armed man who was holding a developmentally disabled woman at gunpoint inside a home near Qunicy Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon, Arapahoe County sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Read Next Police in armed standoffs bring out ‘everything at our disposal’
August 09, 2018 4:16 PM
The standoff brought traffic to a halt on U.S. Highway 71 for upward of three hours Wednesday.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
Finchem also supported Ammon Bundy’s armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in Oregon in 2016 as part of a militant group of officials called the Coalition of Western States.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
Cody Lamar Clark, one of five passengers in the Charger and the only adult arrested, is charged with armed carjacking and causing a fatal crash while fleeing from police.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
In Reynosa, the company would face allegations that its plant was overrun by an armed drug cartel.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
But that hasn't stopped him from making bold claims about the current armed conflicts raging in Europe and the Middle East.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 11 May 2024
Three Atlanta police officers responding to a call Saturday evening about an armed man were shot and wounded, authorities said.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 11 May 2024
Adjective
An armed man believed to have set fire to a synagogue in northwestern France was shot and killed by police on Friday.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 17 May 2024
Deputies fatally shot an armed man who was holding a developmentally disabled woman at gunpoint inside a home near Qunicy Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon, Arapahoe County sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Read Next Police in armed standoffs bring out ‘everything at our disposal’
August 09, 2018 4:16 PM
The standoff brought traffic to a halt on U.S. Highway 71 for upward of three hours Wednesday.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
Finchem also supported Ammon Bundy’s armed takeover of a wildlife refuge in Oregon in 2016 as part of a militant group of officials called the Coalition of Western States.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
Cody Lamar Clark, one of five passengers in the Charger and the only adult arrested, is charged with armed carjacking and causing a fatal crash while fleeing from police.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
In Reynosa, the company would face allegations that its plant was overrun by an armed drug cartel.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
But that hasn't stopped him from making bold claims about the current armed conflicts raging in Europe and the Middle East.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 11 May 2024
Three Atlanta police officers responding to a call Saturday evening about an armed man were shot and wounded, authorities said.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 11 May 2024
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armed. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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armed
adjective1
: having an arm or arms especially of a specified kind or number
—usually used in combination
long-armed
two-armed
2
: having a spiny rostellum
a tapeworm armed with numerous hammer-shaped hooks
Legal Definition
armed
adjective1
: having a weapon
an armed assailant
2
: involving the use of a weapon
an armed attack
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