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well-armed

British  

adjective

  1. having many or good weapons

    well-armed forces

  2. suitably prepared in advance

    well armed for an argument

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“If Venice had sent just two ships of well-armed knights and experienced commanders,” Mr. Kaldellis suggests, “it would have made a world of difference.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Cobra Column fights alongside the Karen National Union, which is relatively well-armed and has been fighting the central government for nearly 80 years.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Even these master diplomats would have trouble formulating grand strategy and seizing moments of opportunity in a world of vanishing power blocs, shifting borders, well-armed militias, and loosened ties in common values and loyalties.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2025

Conventional wisdom among Middle East analysts had held in recent years that Hezbollah was a well-armed and well-organized operation, prepared to wage a debilitating long war against Israel.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025

Behind him marched proudly a dusty line of men, well-armed and bearing great battle-axes; grim-faced they were, and shorter and somewhat swarthier than any men that Pippin had yet seen in Gondor.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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