The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
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Of a weapon Prepared for use; loaded.
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Obsolete Furnished with something that serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
a distemper eminently armed from heaven1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year:
The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis.1821, Sir William Herschel, Catalogue of Double Stars:
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Having prickles or thorns.
Etymology From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.
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In compounds Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
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Of a creature Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
the four-armed creature
the strong-armed man
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His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, PoliticsOf animals Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.