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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Open-source data and think-tank reporting indicate Russia has suffered large-scale losses of tanks and other armored vehicles since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Drones make the battlefield transparent, turning the massing of forces for armored assaults into a dangerous task when combined with artillery.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The quiet street quickly turned into a chaotic scene as patrol cruisers and SWAT teams in armored vehicles swarmed the block and police officials evacuated nearby residents.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The park’s visitor center is located in the old Oil House, which supplied power to the adjacent historic Ford Motor Assembly Building that was used for Jeep and armored vehicle production during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Drones make the battlefield transparent, turning the massing of forces for armored assaults into a dangerous task when combined with artillery.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The quiet street quickly turned into a chaotic scene as patrol cruisers and SWAT teams in armored vehicles swarmed the block and police officials evacuated nearby residents.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The park’s visitor center is located in the old Oil House, which supplied power to the adjacent historic Ford Motor Assembly Building that was used for Jeep and armored vehicle production during World War II.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 17 Sep. 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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