Definition: 1. (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms. 2. Having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination. 3. Used of plants and animals.
Use 'armed' in a sentence:
1. Armed guards wrestled with the intruder.
2. Every member of the armed forces is a hero.
3. Armed groups use their power to tyrannize over civilians.
4. After a struggle with the armed robber, the two police officers managed to arrest him.
5. All the armed groups will be disbanded.
6. Police believe (that) the man may be armed.
7. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces.
8. Armed robbers broke into a jeweller's through a hole in the wall.
9. The women have expensive bags and sunglasses. They are nearly always followed by a black SUV packed with armed bodyguards.
10. She had armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics.
11. She left the courtroom flanked by armed guards.
12. He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement.
13. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
14. She fought off three armed robbers.
15. He was armed with all the facts.
16. Foreign journalists were manhandled by armed police, and told to leave.
17. The men might be armed, but they sure as hell weren't trained.
18. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car.
19. They had been found guilty of armed robbery.
20. He was armed with a rifle.
21. The armed forces were on high alert to guard against any retaliation.
22. The President always travels with an armed guard.
23. The escaped prisoner was brought back under armed guard.
24. The man is armed and dangerous.
25. He was armed with a bow and arrow.
26. Morale in the armed forces was at rock bottom.
27. Police were heavily armed.
28. This was the first time he had confronted an armed robber.
29. The police are worried that the man may be armed.
30. Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday.
31. The men armed themselves with sticks and stones.
