armored

adjective

ar·​mored ˈär-mərd 

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The transition, however, is more likely to take years, if not decades, as 90% of India's armored vehicles and 70% of its combat aircraft were of Russian origin as of 2023, according to research from Bernstein. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 26 June 2025

That includes a five-fold increase in air defense capabilities, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles and millions of rounds of artillery ammunition, Rutte said at a news conference. —Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 25 June 2025

And on Tuesday, seven Israeli soldiers were killed by a bomb attached to their armored carrier in Khan Younis, as clashes continue in southern Gaza. —Kara Fox, CNN Money, 25 June 2025

The other was Riri, a teenage engineering prodigy and M.I.T. scholarship student who builds her own armored suit out of parts stolen from the school. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing armored

• armored scale

Kids Definition

armored

adjective

ar·​mored ˈär-mərd 

1

: protected by armor

an armored car

armored reptiles

2

: supplied with armored equipment

an armored force