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verb

past tense of armor

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Recent Examples of armored
Adjective
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a post on Telegram that Ukraine launched an offensive Sunday morning Moscow time with two tanks, a mine-clearing vehicle and 12 armored combat vehicles with landing troops. Brad Dress, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025 On the roads along the way, tanks and armored vehicles were left abandoned, had crashed or had broken down. Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 Rolling into battle outside Pokrovsk in recent days, the 155th Mechanized Brigade suffered heavy casualties, reportedly even losing some of its tanks and other armored vehicles. David Axe, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 What to Know The Biden administration is set to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, thousands of rockets, hundreds of armored vehicles, and other military support to Ukraine, likely aiming to maximize assistance before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for armored 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armored
Verb
  • Packed with peptides to plump and tighten, alpha lipoic acid to brighten and even tone, and encapsulated retinol for an extra collagen boost, this multitasking serum delivers lifted, radiant, and ultra-smooth skin.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
  • These particles are then encapsulated in alginate-polyacrylic acid, forming highly absorbent spheres approximately 3mm in diameter.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Jennifer Kale is a witch who is very guarded and needs to learn how to trust people, and keeps getting tested on that over and over again throughout the show.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Our spirits remain guarded, but high, for this one; the Venice Film Festival crowd seemed to eat it up.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Chelsea’s head coach raised both hands above his head in sustained applause as Cole Palmer, having sized up ambitious passes through to Nicolas Jackson or Pedro Neto ahead of him but surrounded by Fulham bodies, instead opted to turn away and pass backwards, consolidating possession.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The tortoises live in a sheltered habitat ringed by barbed wire and draped in netting.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The most popular activity in Crater Lake National Park is going on the Rim Drive around the lake and snapping photos of the bright-blue waters ringed by jagged volcanic formations.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armored. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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