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 plant makes materials used in military equipment like armored vehicles, the official said.
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
There were more than 130 officers, including a SWAT team and armored vehicles, ready to intervene.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Multiple Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian troops, tanks, armored vehicles and demining equipment attacked the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye, north of Sudzha -- the main administrative border town that Ukraine captured in August.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Image Ukraine launches new attack in western Russia Ukrainian forces have started a new offensive in the Kursk region of Russia, featuring tanks, mine-clearing equipment and at least a dozen armored vehicles, Ukrainian and Russian officials said yesterday.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
There were more than 130 officers, including a SWAT team and armored vehicles, ready to intervene.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
Multiple Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian troops, tanks, armored vehicles and demining equipment attacked the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye, north of Sudzha -- the main administrative border town that Ukraine captured in August.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Image Ukraine launches new attack in western Russia Ukrainian forces have started a new offensive in the Kursk region of Russia, featuring tanks, mine-clearing equipment and at least a dozen armored vehicles, Ukrainian and Russian officials said yesterday.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 20 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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