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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Other Ukrainian drones have been used to sink or severely damage Russian warships in the Black Sea, and tanks and armored vehicles have fallen prey to drones on the battlefield.
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 10 June 2024
Hanwha’s old-school armored vehicles and munitions are in high demand, not least because the Korean company can deliver them faster and at lower cost than US or EU companies.
—Eli Joseph, Fortune Asia, 6 June 2024
Since then, Turkish and Ukrainian firms have developed joint production ventures, and Turkey has been quietly selling missiles, armored vehicles, artillery shells, and cluster munitions to Ukraine.
—Asli Aydintasbas, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2024
Image But early on the morning of June 18, the camp was discovered by a German patrol that sent armored reinforcements from around the region.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 10 June 2024
Hanwha’s old-school armored vehicles and munitions are in high demand, not least because the Korean company can deliver them faster and at lower cost than US or EU companies.
—Eli Joseph, Fortune Asia, 6 June 2024
Since then, Turkish and Ukrainian firms have developed joint production ventures, and Turkey has been quietly selling missiles, armored vehicles, artillery shells, and cluster munitions to Ukraine.
—Asli Aydintasbas, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2024
Image But early on the morning of June 18, the camp was discovered by a German patrol that sent armored reinforcements from around the region.
—Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 16 Jun. 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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