adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an armed attack
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Armed attacks against Israeli settlements are on the increase.
an armed clash (= involving the use of weapons )
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The violence could soon become armed clashes and even a war.
an armed convoy (= carrying weapons )
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a heavily armed convoy of three vehicles
an armed gang (= with guns )
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An armed gang stole jewels worth more than five million pounds.
an armed terrorist
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They were gunned down by armed terrorists outside their hotel.
armed forces
Armed guards
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Armed guards were posted by the exit.
armed insurrection
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an armed insurrection against the party in power
armed police
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Armed police surrounded the house.
armed rebellion
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This injustice has produced armed rebellion.
armed revolt (= one in which weapons are used )
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Somalis living just across the Ethiopian border rose up in armed revolt.
armed robbery (= robbery using a gun )
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He received a 10 year prison sentence for armed robbery .
armed uprising
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an armed uprising
be armed with a knife (= have it with you )
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One of the men was armed with a knife.
be under (police/armed etc) guard (= to be guarded by a group of people )
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He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.
heavily armed
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thousands of heavily armed troops
military/violent/armed confrontation
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Japan seemed unlikely to risk military confrontation with Russia.
the armed forces (= a country’s military organizations, including the army, navy, and air force )
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Israel refused to withdraw its armed forces from the area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
heavily
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These highly mobile skirmishers can be used to draw Goblin fanatics out of their units prior to a charge by more heavily armed troops.
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The heavily armed gunmen initially took 24 hostages, but later released 14.
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Above these were the heavily armed cavalry, who were free vassals of noble blood.
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A heavily armed convoy signals Compaor's passage around the capital, Ouagadougou.
■ NOUN
conflict
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It is in the context of armed conflict that many of the problems of third parties are brought into relief.
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In conclusion I will make some comments on the requisites for effective rules relating to the control of armed conflicts .
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This, as we have seen, is a rejection of the basic principles of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict .
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Continuing armed conflict Throughout April and May armed conflict continued.
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However, prolonged drought, and in Matebeleland armed conflict , have limited its effectiveness.
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These Protocols restated, and in several important respects developed, the laws of armed conflict .
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The agreement merely deferred armed conflict .
force
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Traditional sources of pupils are drying up: for example, the children of people in the armed forces .
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Apparently the kings could rely not only on taxation from the civitates, but also on local armed forces .
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And with the police and most of the armed forces behind me, I was able to stop Ngune from seizing power.
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The hon. Gentleman asked about young people joining the armed forces .
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The amendment also specified that candidates had to have resigned from the armed forces or security forces.
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There were also wide-ranging personnel changes in the upper echelons of the armed forces and the police.
forces
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It is also an example of successful popular resistance to the armed forces .
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Apparently the kings could rely not only on taxation from the civitates, but also on local armed forces .
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At first, he appeared to have no immediate plans to take on the armed forces .
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Aspects of the revolt gave further illustration of the unreliable loyalty of sections of the armed forces .
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Now the armed forces are working the oil fields.
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Quotas were agreed for financing of joint armed forces and border troops.
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They were to be abolished as part of a 50 percent reduction in the armed forces .
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He himself was overthrown and killed in October 1987 by a faction of the armed forces calling itself the Popular Front.
gang
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An armed gang has stolen jewels worth more than five million pounds from London's Hatton Garden.
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Between the 1740s and the 1820s, Romney Marsh was openly terrorized by armed gangs of smugglers.
group
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The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes.
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Suddenly, blood sacrifice and small armed groups rising up against the state seemed worthy of three cheers.
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On Nov. 25, leaders of a number of armed groups reached agreement in the Supreme Soviet to end the fighting.
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Despite an immediate reprimand from Chamorro, Godoy's statements during the strike reportedly encouraged the formation of right-wing armed groups .
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Sporadic attacks by small armed groups continued, meanwhile, against members of the security forces.
guard
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An armed guard stood there in the doorway, head bowed, a clean silk pau folded over one arm.
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On landing, Sly was shown to his chalet by a uniformed and armed guard .
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He moved down the corridor and around the corner, where two more armed guards stood, alert, against either wall.
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Still, they met us with fire trucks; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures.
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I shall have the staff escort you home under armed guard !
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He flashed his security pass under the eyes of the two armed guards posted beside the exit door.
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In the truck are servants and armed guards accompanying the safari goods.
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Immediately, the arena doors opened to admit the four armed guards .
intervention
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The Stalinists, added another, were still considering armed intervention .
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I understand the problems, but an armed intervention force would give everyone the opportunity to seek a political solution.
man
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Two armed men had jumped from a car as the money was being carried towards the bank.
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The city was in chaos and we were afraid that armed men would attack us.
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About a dozen men took charge of me and 11 other foreigners.I never saw more than 20 armed men in the hotel.
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Detectives believed the armed man must have run inside the hospital and holed himself up in the office.
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Monsengwo's house was reported to have been attacked by armed men on Nov. 12.
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There the armed man left the car, taking Marita with him and Mr Loren was able to dial 999.
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It is now a museum of military history, but was once full of armed men and artillery.
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At 4am armed men came into my house forcing their way upstairs to my bedroom.
opposition
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Fourteen women were gang raped in May 1990, when paramilitary soldiers raided five villages in Assam in search of armed opposition groups.
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The detainees include individuals suspected of involvement in armed opposition or non-violent anti-government activity.
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The new regime ruthlessly crushed all semblance of armed opposition which threatened national unity.
police
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He says he was captured by armed police and was probably planning an armed robbery.
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Police have now appealed to Hanger to give himself up peacefully but armed police are on standby.
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Detectives feared he was out for revenge and armed police were put on guard at police stations.
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The 17-year-olds were met by armed police and our photographer Ken Lennox when they tried to grab £8,000 outside a credit firm.
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Specialist officers were called to the scene including armed police and trained negotiators.
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Mr de Leon says that 30 armed police broke down his door and threatened to take him away.
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Staff sounded the alarm and he fled empty handed ... straight into an ambush by armed police wearing helmets and body armour.
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Lynwood Drake then took a 60-year-old woman hostage but shot himself dead when her house was surrounded by armed police .
raid
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Read in studio Police have released a photofit of a man they believe carried out an armed raid on an estate agents.
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This time it was the Leeds building society, again in Oxford, again it was an armed raid .
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An armed raid on a hospital was bound to cause an international outcry, particularly if we came out empty-handed.
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Jeanne requested an armed raid on the building to rescue the woman, but the group leader wouldn't hear of it.
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The armed raid in Gloucester was the second in the county.
resistance
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In fact, the behaviour of the janissaries bred a smouldering resentment which erupted from time to time into acts of armed resistance .
robber
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Fighting back: Shop assistant tackles an armed robber .
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And armed robbers netted £316 million.
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The armed robber , needless to say, did not stay around to be sued.
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She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.
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He proved his professionalism when he helped police catch two armed robbers at the site after raising the alarm.
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Read in studio Two armed robbers have been filmed by a security video raiding a building society.
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Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio An armed robber has escaped with cash from a building society office.
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He was flown here after being injured by armed robbers .
robbery
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The amnesty did not include those accused of offences relating to drugs, murder, economic sabotage or armed robbery .
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He says he was captured by armed police and was probably planning an armed robbery .
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The rates of rape, armed robbery , etc would probably not fall very much.
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Last summer he was placed under a supervision order after being found guilty of burglary, armed robbery and car theft.
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Detectives are linking it with a series of recent armed robberies , and warn the men could inflict serious injury.
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The defendants faced charges arising from three murders, three armed assaults and 32 armed robberies committed between 1980 and 1986.
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Two men are accused of murdering the informer to stop him giving evidence at an armed robbery trial.
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The defendant argued that any liability which he had, extended only from his breach of duty until the armed robbery .
service
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What of heroic exploits during armed service or the caning of school children?
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As fifty years later, the Foreign Office and armed services were among the most strongly affected.
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Congress's armed services committee recently allocated US$180 million to support research work.
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Aspin, 54, had been chair of the House armed services committee for seven years.
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In addition there are often separate intelligence-gathering sections in each armed service .
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This fact questions any easy assumption about a necessary elitist coincidence of interest amongst the armed services .
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In deaf clubs and institutes throughout the country, there was also much fund-raising and knitting for the armed services .
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The hangar was used to service and prepare parachutes for the armed services.
soldier
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The vehicle was preceded by a contingent of drummers, with armed soldiers riding on each side.
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There were women and priests among them, and a battle with armed soldiers was not what any of them had planned.
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An armed soldier , a member of the Taman guard, flagged them down at the barrier.
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On one occasion a jeep in which she was travelling was hi-jacked by a group of armed soldiers .
struggle
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He called on them to abandon their armed struggle .
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This is a crusading, flamboyant Marxism, emphasising the role of the supposedly heroic and glamorous armed struggle .
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There are times when armed struggle is necessary.
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The duty of the people of the West Bank was to await liberation through armed struggle .
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Schools and other infrastructure had been destroyed and society disrupted during the armed struggle .
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But when are things like self-defense and armed struggle justified?
wing
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In response the tribal people formed a solidarity association with an armed wing , Shanti Bahini.
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Santapaola allegedly headed the armed wing of the Mafia.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the armed forces
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A new government minister is now responsible for the armed forces.
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Measures will be taken to help modernize the country's armed forces.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a group of heavily armed soldiers
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Over £60,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen by an armed gang in north London.
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The men were masked and armed with machine guns.
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The prisoners were kept under armed guard.
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The two men may be armed , and should not be approached by members of the public.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And with the police and most of the armed forces behind me, I was able to stop Ngune from seizing power.
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Aspects of the revolt gave further illustration of the unreliable loyalty of sections of the armed forces.
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He says he was captured by armed police and was probably planning an armed robbery.
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Nor was government aid to the landlord restricted to armed assistance.
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Soon after the coup, Reza Khan became minister of war and defacto commander in chief of the armed forces.
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These Protocols restated, and in several important respects developed, the laws of armed conflict.