heavily armed

idiom

: carrying many dangerous weapons
a group of heavily armed men

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Dozens of federal agents in tactical gear, heavily armed and dressed in military-style uniforms, staged what seemed to be an immigration enforcement action, drawing swift condemnation from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who rushed to the scene in response. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 Things get a little messier whenever the film cuts back to Trailblazer headquarters in New York, where a crisis-control expert (Tony Goldwyn) puts together an elaborate rescue mission involving a heavily armed group of international mercenaries. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 June 2025 The protests arose after heavily armed and masked ICE began widespread sweeps in the L.A. County suburbs on Friday. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025 Martial law lasted only a few hours after a quorum of lawmakers pushed past a blockade of hundreds of heavily armed soldiers and voted to revoke the measure. The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 6 June 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 15 Jul. 2025.

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