heavily armed

idiom

: carrying many dangerous weapons
a group of heavily armed men

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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025 In operations, its employees were often seen heavily armed and wearing camouflage. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 Then, seven heavily armed soldiers came to their tent, Chantal says. Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025 China has dismissed the ruling as invalid and continues to send its heavily armed coast guard, naval warships, and paramilitary maritime militia hundreds of miles from its coast to enforce its claims. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavily armed

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“Heavily armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily%20armed. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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