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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Federal agencies, including the FBI and Secret Service, are implementing strict measures, such as rooftop snipers, armored SWAT vehicles, and restricted drone activity over downtown and the Superdome.
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Mining restarted there in the 1930s, when tungsten and antimony were crucial to the military for armored vehicles and ammunition in World War II.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
The news agency also showed heavily armed men flanked by armored vehicles shooting what appeared to be tear gas into the the streets.
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The ambivalence of the troubled poet watching an armored column pass over fresh graves is illustrated by a later, lighter anecdote.
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Mining restarted there in the 1930s, when tungsten and antimony were crucial to the military for armored vehicles and ammunition in World War II.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
The news agency also showed heavily armed men flanked by armored vehicles shooting what appeared to be tear gas into the the streets.
—NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
The ambivalence of the troubled poet watching an armored column pass over fresh graves is illustrated by a later, lighter anecdote.
—Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 19 Feb. 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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