Armed - definition, pronunciation, transcription

The Minister was kidnapped by armed men on his way to the airport.

The prisoners were kept under armed guard.

The suspect is armed with a shotgun.

She got ten years in prison for armed robbery (=stealing using a gun).

The President fears that armed conflict (=a war) is possible.

There is very little support for an armed struggle (=fighting with weapons) against the government.

Many of the gangs are armed to the teeth (=carrying a lot of weapons).

She came to the meeting armed with all the facts and figures to prove us wrong.

I went out, armed with my binoculars, to see what I could find in the fields.

The prisoners were escorted by armed guards.

We must keep our armed forces in a constant state of readiness.

He was sent to prison for armed robbery.

They armed the men for battle.

The group of fighters was armed by a foreign government.

We armed ourselves with the tools we would need to survive in the forest.