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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Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
In Yaoundé, streets were quiet, shops shuttered, and armored vehicles patrolled major intersections.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
In Israel, Samaritan’s Purse has given 42 ambulances — 28 armored — to Magen David Adom, the country’s emergency services provider.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
The Type 100 tank, revealed at the Victory Day parade in Beijing, is a departure from traditional armored vehicle design.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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 4 Nov. 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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