heavily armed

idiom

: carrying many dangerous weapons
a group of heavily armed men

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Militias, which are heavily armed, have also been assigned to protect the coastal region at high alert, according to the officials. Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025 Authorities say the group was heavily armed, reportedly possessing over 50 firearms purchased in Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Dallas, and other areas. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 Ryan Byrnes on the Khalidi Family’s Battle to Protect Their Library From Ultra-Orthodox Settlers While the golden Dome of the Rock sweltered under one-hundred-degree heat a gang of heavily armed orthodox Israelis marched on a Palestinian library. Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 In 2016, five Dallas police officers were murdered by a heavily armed sniper who was targeting white police officers. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavily armed

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“Heavily armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily%20armed. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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