Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - armed

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. City police said the man was armed with a revolver. ...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards... The rebels are well organised, disciplined and very well armed. ADJ 2. An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons. They had been found guilty of armed robbery. ? unarmed ADJ: ADJ n 3. see also arm, -armed