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 recent weeks, the bureau has also provided equipment to the Haiti National Police, including chartering flights to deliver two armored vehicles, meals ready to eat, bulletproof vests and drones.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Alexander led his armored warriors up a hill fending off a hail of arrows.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Alexander led his armored warriors up a hill fending off a hail of arrows.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
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 23 May. 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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