armed
adjective
[ ɑːmd ]
• equipped with or carrying a firearm or firearms.
• "heavily armed troops"
• having claws, a beak, etc. of a specified tincture.
• "a lion rampant argent, armed and langued azure"
arm
verb
• supply or provide with weapons.
• "the security forces are armed with automatic rifles"
Similar:
provide,
supply,
equip,
furnish,
issue,
fit out,
fit up,
outfit,
rig out,
accoutre,
gird,
provision,
stock,
• activate the fuse of (a bomb, missile, or other explosive device) so that it is ready to explode.
• "the bomb would be quite safe until it was armed"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma ‘armour, arms’.
