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armed

/ɑɹmd/adjective1 syllable

Armed means: (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns.

Synonyms for armed27

adjective, as in (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny, bristlelike, brushlike, thistlelike, clawed, taloned

adjective, as in (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

equipped, weaponed, light-armed, militarized, militarised

adjective, as in having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination

armlike, brachiate, long-armed, one-armed

Opposites of armed

unarmed, armless

What does armed mean?3

adjective

1

(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

2

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms“armed robbery”

3

having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination“the many-armed goddess Shiva”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with armed?7

one syllable

harmedcharmedfarmed

two syllables

unarmedalarmedunharmeddisarmed
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Armed in a sentence

  • Armed guards aboard the boat returned fire, disabling one of the speedboats.Hybrid
  • There are many of them, and they're armed to the teeth.ddnktr
  • Armed with assault rifles, they took more than thirty hostages.Amastan
  • The fascists are showing up armed, so we better meet them armed.shekitten
  • According to the police, the suspect is armed and dangerous.CK
  • Armed only with a short sword, he drove off all five of his attackers.CK
  • The way things are going, an armed conflict may well be unavoidable.darinmex
  • Evidently, our expert witness comes armed not only with details but a conscience.MrShoval

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