The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor.
The shots penetrated the tank's armor.
The armadillo's armor consists of a series of small, bony plates.
a weapon designed for use against enemy armor
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More recently, two pieces of 16th-century armor were returned to the Louvre Museum almost 40 years after they were stolen.—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025 But even with these obstacles, oddsmakers seem to believe the Bucs have plot armor.—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building.—Keith Wilson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 But there is a glaring chink in the armor for the Rebels (6-0, 2-0), and that’s its run defense.—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armor
Word History
Etymology
Middle English armure, armoure "arms, body armor," borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, going back to Latin armātūra "armament, troop" (Medieval Latin, "suit of armor") — more at armature
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