heavily armed

idiom

: carrying many dangerous weapons
a group of heavily armed men

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Tourists visiting Cancún and Mexico’s Riviera Maya this summer are being greeted not just with ocean breezes and poolside cocktails, but by heavily armed patrols. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Masked, heavily armed agents who do not identify themselves during enforcement activities are surprising - so is the apparent lack of due process in deportation proceedings in recent months. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 The plaintiffs noted the tactics of the raids, in which agents arrived in military clothing and gear, heavily armed and masked. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 July 2025 On Monday, heavily armed federal border agents and U.S. troops descended upon MacArthur Park in Los Angeles as part of an immigration raid that appeared to turn up mostly empty. Bonnie McLean, ABC News, 10 July 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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