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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Meanwhile, on the National Mall, a display of armored vehicles, helicopters and military-grade equipment was set up to commemorate the Army’s birthday.
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Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
As the National Guard and then the Marines descended in armored trucks on Los Angeles, the anti-ICE demonstrations began to turn increasingly more fiery, chaotic, and confrontational with nighttime curfews in effect and hundreds arrested.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
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—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 14 June 2025
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Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Following the procession of more than 7,000 uniformed soldiers, tanks, armored vehicles, marching bands, Trump took to the stage to swear-in a group of 250 new recruits and returning soldiers.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
As the National Guard and then the Marines descended in armored trucks on Los Angeles, the anti-ICE demonstrations began to turn increasingly more fiery, chaotic, and confrontational with nighttime curfews in effect and hundreds arrested.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
Strykers Variants of these eight-wheeled, armored vehicles can carry infantry soldiers, mortars, command posts and act as ambulances.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 14 June 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 3 Jul. 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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