Armed Meaning
/ɑɹmd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjEquipped, especially with a weapon.
adjEquipped, especially with a weapon., Equipped with a gun.
Sentence Examples
The armed forces succeeded in occupying the entire territory.
The armed forces occupied the entire territory.
The security guards were armed with pistols to protect the bank.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ soldiers stood guard at the embassy entrance with rifles.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police warned that the suspect might be ____ and very dangerous.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos Proto-Germanic *armaz Proto-West Germanic *arm Old English earm Middle English arm English arm English -ed English armed From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there."
— 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
"a distemper eminently armed from heaven"
— 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year:
"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."
— 1821, Sir William Herschel, Catalogue of Double Stars:
"His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round."
— 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ soldiers stood guard at the embassy entrance with rifles.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police warned that the suspect might be ____ and very dangerous.