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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There, federal agents with tactical gear, armored trucks and rifles clashed with protestors, according to the New York Times.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
Our heavily armored alien menace starts taking out drug cartel goons and making a mess, and a couple of cops (Danny Glover and Bill Paxton) plus an unhinged DEA agent (Gary Busey) are on the case to investigate.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Federal agents arrived at his father’s house in Montclair, New Jersey, on Tuesday in tactical gear and armored vehicles to arrest him.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
For that matter, so too does the prospect of National Guardsmen, active-duty Marines and 14-ton ambush-proof, mine-resistant armored vehicles made for Afghanistan patrolling our city streets.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
Our heavily armored alien menace starts taking out drug cartel goons and making a mess, and a couple of cops (Danny Glover and Bill Paxton) plus an unhinged DEA agent (Gary Busey) are on the case to investigate.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Federal agents arrived at his father’s house in Montclair, New Jersey, on Tuesday in tactical gear and armored vehicles to arrest him.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
For that matter, so too does the prospect of National Guardsmen, active-duty Marines and 14-ton ambush-proof, mine-resistant armored vehicles made for Afghanistan patrolling our city streets.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 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 19 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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