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with weapon, carrying weapons
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with weapon, carrying weapons
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carrying weapons, with weapon
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adjective
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as in fortified
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as in prepared
- as in fortified
- as in prepared
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armed
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adjective
Definition of armed
as in fortified
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fortified
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braced
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steeled
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trained
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primed
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prepared
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qualified
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conditioned
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ripe
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go
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ready
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set
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fit
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unprepared
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unready
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underprepared
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untrained
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half—cocked
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unqualified
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half—baked
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flat—footed
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unprepared
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unready
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underprepared
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untrained
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half—cocked
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unqualified
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half—baked
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flat—footed
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armed
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verb
past tense of arm
as in prepared
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prepared
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fortified
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assigned
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allotted
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allocated
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reequipped
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distributed
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dispensed
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equipped
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handed out
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refitted
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re—equipped
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doled out
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supplied
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presented
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accoutred
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portioned
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refurnished
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stocked
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outfitted
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donated
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apportioned
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furnished
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reoutfitted
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contributed
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girded
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bestowed
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stored
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prorated
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accoutered
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provisioned
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rigged
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girt
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dealt (out)
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parceled (out)
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gave
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meted (out)
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parcelled (out)
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fitted (out)
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kitted (up or out)
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fit (out)
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deprived
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stripped
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dispossessed
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divested
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stript
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deprived
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stripped
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dispossessed
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divested
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stript
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- equipped
- loaded
- outfitted
- supplied
- accoutered
- packing
- steeled
- fitted out
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After a decade-long experiment with limited direct democracy, the junta is firmly in charge, and a small nation that once seemed to offer a roadmap for transition out of armed dictatorship is now once again under lockdown.
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WORDS RELATED TO ARMED
- accoutered
- appareled
- appointed
- armed
- arrayed
- assembled
- bedecked
- clothed
- completed
- decked
- dressed
- fitted
- furnished
- harnessed
- implemented
- provided
- readied
- rigged
- set up
- supplied
- accoutered
- appointed
- armed
- furnished
- implemented
- outfitted
- provided
- rigged out
- set up
- supplied
- active
- armed
- assertive
- coercive
- cogent
- compelling
- compulsory
- drastic
- effective
- efficient
- energetic
- forceful
- impressive
- intense
- mighty
- militant
- persuasive
- potent
- puissant
- strong
- telling
- valid
- vehement
- vigorous
- violent
- weighty
- armed
- armored
- barricaded
- bastioned
- bulwarked
- buttressed
- covered
- entrenched
- fortressed
- garrisoned
- guarded
- manned
- protected
- reinforced
- safeguarded
- secured
- strengthened
- strong
- supported
- walled
- armed
- charged
- primed
- readied
- ready
- ready to fire
- aggressive
- armed
- army
- bellicose
- combatant
- combative
- fighting
- martial
- militant
- noncivilian
- soldierly
- warlike
- warmongering
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
1301 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɑːmd], [ ˈɑːmd], [ ˈɑː_m_d]
Related words: military style, military clothing, military surplus, military style clothing, military equipment, military careers, military jobs
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armedadjective
(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
«armed robbery»
Antonyms:
clean, armless, unarmed, weaponless, defenceless, defenseless, spineless, thornless, barehanded -
armedadjective
having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
«the many-armed goddess Shiva»
Antonyms:
unarmed, weaponless, defenceless, thornless, armless, barehanded, spineless, defenseless, clean -
armedadjective
(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Antonyms:
unarmed, clean, thornless, barehanded, armless, spineless, weaponless, defenceless, defenseless
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List of paraphrases for «armed»:
militant, gunman, armies, gunmen, armées, militants, army, armadas, military, armada, armés, arming, reinforced, navy, cocked, guerrilla, heeled
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How to use ARMED in a sentence?
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Ernest Hemingway:
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
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Karl L. Schultz:
You as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden.
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Jack Reed:
We also have to maintain a presence for regional stability. We have two nuclear-armed powers in the region, particularly with respect to Pakistan. And so we’ll be active diplomacy as well as active counterterrorism continuing.
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A.E. Samaan:
Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin:
We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad’s armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.
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