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armed
has definitions from the fields of military,arms
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[ adjective ] (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
Examples "armed robbery" Used in print ("Editorials"...)Heavily armed and mobilized as a fast moving Civil_Defense outfit , 23 operators and office personnel stand ready to move_into action at a minute 's notice '' . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Three weeks later following his recovery , armed with a writ issued by the Catskill justice on affidavits prepared by the district_attorney , Cook and Russell rode to arrest Martinez . While talking with Julian_M._Beall , Francisco_Archuleta and Juan_Marcus appeared , both heavily armed , and after watching the house for_a_while , rode_away . The sheriff and District_Attorney_Mills hastily swore_out a number of warrants against men who had been riding about armed , according_to signed statements by Chavez and Dr._I._P._George , and ordered Deputy_Barney_Clark of Raton to rescue the posseman . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Can you imagine yourself forgetting under_the_circumstances that you are approaching this startling and unexpected situation so unsuitably hatted and armed with a paper horn ? Related terms unarmed military militarised light-armed militarized equipped |
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[ adjective ] used of plants and animals
Related terms unarmed bristlelike brushlike thistlelike barbed clawed barbed |
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