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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It’s estimated to have approximately 240 tanks and over 1,000 armored fighting vehicles.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But the forces being deployed are light infantry, units that lack the large armored vehicles, including tanks, that typically underpin sustained ground offensives.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
When deployed, the dispensers release hundreds of mines over a wide zone, creating an obstacle designed to damage armored vehicles or restrict their movement.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Tanks and armored vehicles began rolling off the line at a rate not seen in generations, and demand in Europe far outstripped the available supply.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
But the forces being deployed are light infantry, units that lack the large armored vehicles, including tanks, that typically underpin sustained ground offensives.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
When deployed, the dispensers release hundreds of mines over a wide zone, creating an obstacle designed to damage armored vehicles or restrict their movement.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Tanks and armored vehicles began rolling off the line at a rate not seen in generations, and demand in Europe far outstripped the available supply.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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