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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The anatomy of these flakes of invertebrate armor resembled the teeth of vertebrates.—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 May 2025 The daughter of a generous and pragmatic father who worked for the Internal Revenue Service and a mother who wore a suit of armor over a devastating diagnosis.—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Game two was astonishing, and a full reckoning of the faults that existed in the defending champs’ armor.—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 In the footage, another Ukrainian, presumably the commander who was motionless until that point, stands up, removes his body armor and is led away.—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 May 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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