armed

Definition

  • adjective: involving the use of weapons
  • adjective: furnished with weapons
  • often + 'with'
  • synonyms: equipped, panoplied, forearmed

Examples

  • He's serving eight years for 'armed robbery'. [=robbery while carrying a gun or other weapon]

  • We went into the forest 'armed with' food, extra clothes, and lots of bug spray.

  • a group of 'heavily armed' men [=men who are carrying many dangerous weapons]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Mary, Mother of God. GOV.SWANN: What happened here? It's the powder magazine. Merchant vessels run heavily armed. A lot of good it did them. Everyone's thinking it. I'm just saying it. Pirates. There's no proof of that. (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • (..) hands on your heads. Step back. THOR: This woman is unwell. She's dangerous. So am I. Requesting armed response officers to scene. Hold on to me. What are you doing? (GASPING) Holy shit. (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World
  • (..) It'll blow a hole clear through the hull of a battleship. - What about a shark? - Abso-fuckin-lutely. Okay, so the torpedo's hooked up and armed. Are we ready? The Mark torpedo launch system's nominal, but-- there's a wrinkle. It wasn't designed for a biological target. (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon