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.
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The 60,000-strong Russian-North Korean force in Kursk tends to attack on foot owing to a growing shortage of modern armored vehicles.
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Israeli warplanes struck Jenin and that Israeli forces, including sharpshooters and armored vehicles, were surrounding the city’s refugee camp and stopping ambulances from entering.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
The aircraft, which has been operating in South Korea for over four decades, is specially designed to provide air support to ground forces and is used against targets like tanks and other armored vehicles.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
In the Kurgan region, where Russia’s only producer of armored personnel carriers is located, salaries have soared by 33 percent since 2022.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Israeli warplanes struck Jenin and that Israeli forces, including sharpshooters and armored vehicles, were surrounding the city’s refugee camp and stopping ambulances from entering.
—Lucas Lilieholm, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
The aircraft, which has been operating in South Korea for over four decades, is specially designed to provide air support to ground forces and is used against targets like tanks and other armored vehicles.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
In the Kurgan region, where Russia’s only producer of armored personnel carriers is located, salaries have soared by 33 percent since 2022.
—Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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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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