armed: Meaning and Definition of

armed

Pronunciation: (ärmd), [key]
— adj.
  1. bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol.
  2. maintained by arms: armed peace.
  3. involving the use of weapons: armed conflict.
  4. equipped: The students came armed with their pocket calculators.
  5. (esp. of an animal) covered protectively, as by a shell.
  6. fortified; made secure: Armed by an inveterate optimism, he withstood despair.
  7. (of an artillery shell, bomb, missile, etc.) having the fuze made operative.
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