Armed | Mean of armed in English Dictionary

/ˈɑɚmd/

• involving the use of weapons
1. They planned an armed attack/assault on the country's capital.
2. the threat of armed conflict
3. armed uprisings
4. He's serving eight years for armed robbery. [=robbery while carrying a gun or other weapon]
• carrying weapons
1. The building is surrounded by armed guards/soldiers.
2. an armed robber
3. He wasn't armed at the time. [=he wasn't carrying a gun]
4. The police said that the thieves should be considered armed and dangerous.
5. a group of heavily armed men [=men who are carrying many dangerous weapons]
6. The police were armed to the teeth. [=the police had many weapons]
7. The car was armed with explosives.
8. airplanes armed with bombs
9. The robber was armed with a knife.
• having something that provides security or strength
1. We went into the forest armed with food, extra clothes, and lots of bug spray.
2. journalists armed with cameras and notebooks
3. students armed with the knowledge they would need to succeed in the world

• having arms of a specific kind or number
1. a one-armed man
2. a long-armed boxer