Pronunciations (3)
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/ɑɹmd/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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/ɑːmd/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈɑːɹmɪd/
Pronunciation notes
- obsolete
Adjective
Equipped, especially with a weapon.
Usage- In compounds
- sometimes
- Examples
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nuclear-armed
Equipped, especially with a weapon. Equipped with a gun.
Usage- In compounds
- sometimes
- specifically
- of a person
- Examples
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The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
Prepared for use; loaded.
Usage- of a weapon
Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
Usage- Obsolete
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a distemper eminently armed from heaven
More examples (1)
The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis.
Having prickles or thorns.
Adjective
Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
Usage- In compounds
- not-comparable
- Antonyms
Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
Usage- not-comparable
- of a creature
- Antonyms
- Examples
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the four-armed creature
the strong-armed man
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His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.
Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
Usage- not-comparable
- of animals
Adjective
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- Antonyms
- Examples
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armed robbery
having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- Antonyms
- Examples
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the many-armed goddess Shiva
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- Antonyms