1
a
: equipped or protected with armor
b
: equipped with armored fighting vehicles
an armored division
2
: marked by the use of armor
armored combat
Examples of armored in a Sentence
a ship with an armored hull
Additional armored divisions were deployed to the eastern front.
Recent Examples on the Web
After Hughes was shot in the front yard and the two women were safely evacuated, police used an armored vehicle to tear off the walls in the front of the house.
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Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2024
Those problems include a surge in violence by armed gang members who on Monday set an armored police vehicle on fire, injuring a police officer.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The suspect was believed to be an armed 40-year-old man who was inside a blue four-door sedan that was boxed in by two armored vehicles from the Anaheim and Corona police departments, according to ABC7-TV.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
However, Associated Press video shows Israeli armored vehicles on a beach road, then aid trucks moving down the road.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2024
Those problems include a surge in violence by armed gang members who on Monday set an armored police vehicle on fire, injuring a police officer.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The suspect was believed to be an armed 40-year-old man who was inside a blue four-door sedan that was boxed in by two armored vehicles from the Anaheim and Corona police departments, according to ABC7-TV.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
However, Associated Press video shows Israeli armored vehicles on a beach road, then aid trucks moving down the road.
—Ellen Knickmeyer and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
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armored
adjective
ar·mored
ˈär-mərd 
1
: protected by armor
an armored car
armored reptiles
2
: supplied with armored equipment
an armored force
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