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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In two days of Russian assaults ending on Thursday, the Russian 237th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment lost 17 armored vehicles in Kriegsforscher’s sector.
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David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Rutte said Russia’s military spending is likely to amount to 7 to 8% of its GDP next year — far more than any NATO ally — while its defense industry churns out tanks, armored vehicles and ammunition.
—Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were seen deployed in Quneitra, and Israeli forces approached civilian homes in the village of Al-Hamidiyah, north of Quneitra.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
When the last of the wine was finally secured and the drivers strapped in, the semis, each escorted by an armored truck, rumbled past the steel gates and then diverged, assigned to separate routes down the mountain, across more than a thousand miles and three state lines, headed for California.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Rutte said Russia’s military spending is likely to amount to 7 to 8% of its GDP next year — far more than any NATO ally — while its defense industry churns out tanks, armored vehicles and ammunition.
—Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were seen deployed in Quneitra, and Israeli forces approached civilian homes in the village of Al-Hamidiyah, north of Quneitra.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
When the last of the wine was finally secured and the drivers strapped in, the semis, each escorted by an armored truck, rumbled past the steel gates and then diverged, assigned to separate routes down the mountain, across more than a thousand miles and three state lines, headed for California.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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