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armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
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unarmed (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
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barbed,
barbellate,
briary,
briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
prickly,
setaceous,
setose,
spiny,
thorny having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
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bristlelike resembling a bristle
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brushlike resembling a brush; "brushlike blue blooms"
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thistlelike resembling a thistle
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clawed,
taloned (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
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armed - (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery" |
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unarmed (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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equipped,
weaponed carrying weapons
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light-armed armed with light equipment and weapons; "a light-armed brigade"
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militarised,
militarized issued military arms
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armed - having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva" |
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armless having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo"
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armlike resembling an arm
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brachiate having arms or armlike appendages
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long-armed having relatively long arms
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one-armed having one arm; "a one-armed veteran"
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