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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Officers were at the 12th Avenue scene, along with armored vehicles, the department’s SWAT team and crisis negotiators trying to safely take the shooting suspect into custody, police said.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Four weeks earlier, agents had arrived in Chicago with military fatigues, face masks, armored vehicles, and rifles.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Small unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly capable of threatening frontline troops, armored vehicles, logistics convoys, border installations, airports, and other sensitive facilities.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
Further inflaming tensions, Hungary on Thursday temporarily detained seven Ukrainian state bank employees and seized two Ukrainian armored cars carrying tens of millions of euros in cash and gold across Hungary on suspicion of money laundering.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Four weeks earlier, agents had arrived in Chicago with military fatigues, face masks, armored vehicles, and rifles.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
Small unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly capable of threatening frontline troops, armored vehicles, logistics convoys, border installations, airports, and other sensitive facilities.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
Further inflaming tensions, Hungary on Thursday temporarily detained seven Ukrainian state bank employees and seized two Ukrainian armored cars carrying tens of millions of euros in cash and gold across Hungary on suspicion of money laundering.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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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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