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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Last week, the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs donated armored police vehicles, along with weapons, ammunition and other gear.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
The State Department quietly removed the name of Tesla, which is owned by Musk, from a $400 million contract for armored vehicles on its website this week after multiple outlets reported on it.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The organization, which had previously focused on fund-raising for Ukraine, including $680,000 to buy an armored demining vehicle, started organizing protests.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Following hours of waiting, an armored vehicle was used to breach the home’s front door, and cops found Senatore dead inside the residence.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
The State Department quietly removed the name of Tesla, which is owned by Musk, from a $400 million contract for armored vehicles on its website this week after multiple outlets reported on it.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The organization, which had previously focused on fund-raising for Ukraine, including $680,000 to buy an armored demining vehicle, started organizing protests.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Following hours of waiting, an armored vehicle was used to breach the home’s front door, and cops found Senatore dead inside the residence.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 1 Mar. 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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