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equipped

equipped

3.9
Having weapons for fighting or protection
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈkwɪpt/
translation icon : armado
  • Troops who were sent out to raid or storm enemy trenches were equipped with shock equipment.

Examples

  • Artificial intelligence that can navigate the world like SPOT might also be equipped with weapons to turn it into a robot soldier.

  • The soldiers were fully equipped with rifles and body armor for the mission.

  • Thus organized and equipped, they made ready for war.

  • So a hoplite is a man who is equipped with hopla in this case for war.

  • But courage alone you know that won't do against the Dutch, who are better equipped and trained and are pretty ruthless as well.

  • To put it bluntly, combined, the NSDAP and KPD armed forces are now in many ways superior to the better equipped German armed forces.

  • During the operation, the security guards were equipped with advanced surveillance gear.

  • The military unit set out, equipped with the latest technology to ensure their success.

Synonyms

armed
vsequipped
986 2.7

Carrying weapons for attack or protection

is used when the weapons are carried mainly for combat or security tasks
armed to the teeth
vsequipped
  • Informal
9 5.6

Having many weapons or supplies for protection

is used for carrying weapons for combat or security without implying excess
weaponed
vsequipped
8.9

Carrying weapons and ready to use them

is used when the presence of weapons suggests combat or security purpose
outfitted
vsequipped
3.9

A person or place that has the equipment and clothes needed for an activity

is specific to carrying weapons for combat or security rather than general gear

Antonyms

unarmed
163 2.7

A person who is not carrying any weapons

How Armed

armed to the teeth
  • Informal
9 5.6
equipped
3.9
unarmed
163 2.7

Surface Forms

equipped positive

Morphology

equipped = equip (transparent) = equip + ed

Formed from 'equip' with the adjectival/past-participle '-ed'; the sense 'provided with weapons' is a specific instance but directly derived from 'to equip'.

Etymology

The word equipped in the sense 'armed' comes from the same root equip, because 'fitting out' often meant giving weapons and protection to soldiers or ships. So, to be equipped for combat is to carry the weapons and protection you need.