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 soldiers, who are all based in Fort Stewart, Georgia, went missing on Tuesday, the Army said, and the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle the soldiers were operating at the time was found submerged in water in a training area on Wednesday.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
Once a Brink’s driver exited an armored vehicle to deliver money to a business, prosecutors said robbers ambushed them, with testimony in the case later revealing that the conspirators used assault rifles to carry out their robberies.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The next generation of armored SUVs are being developed in a process that apparently started in September, when GM got a contract worth as much as $40.8 million to build the cars.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
The term was coined in the 1930s to describe the concentration of armored forces for a sudden, rapid advance which breaks through enemy lines and keeps going.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
Once a Brink’s driver exited an armored vehicle to deliver money to a business, prosecutors said robbers ambushed them, with testimony in the case later revealing that the conspirators used assault rifles to carry out their robberies.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
The next generation of armored SUVs are being developed in a process that apparently started in September, when GM got a contract worth as much as $40.8 million to build the cars.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
The term was coined in the 1930s to describe the concentration of armored forces for a sudden, rapid advance which breaks through enemy lines and keeps going.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for armored
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 31 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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