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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The Stones drew 'a screaming mass of 7,500 hysterical teen-agers'
The Stones arrived for their performance in an armored car at a local bank supplied for the occasion.
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service /AP Russian army soldiers ride their armored vehicle to take positions and fire toward Ukrainian forces at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service /AP Russian army soldiers ride their armored vehicle to take positions and fire toward Ukrainian forces at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 11 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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