armored

adjective ar·mored \ ˈär-mərd \

Definition of armored

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

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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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Police responded in riot gear and deployed tear gas, dogs and armored vehicles.

— sadie gurman, The Seattle Times, "Trump set to roll back limits on military gear for police," 28 Aug. 2017
Police responded in riot gear and deployed tear gas, dogs and armored vehicles.

— sadie gurman, chicagotribune.com, "Trump to revive program that provides police with military equipment," 28 Aug. 2017
Mr. Obama ordered a review of the Pentagon program in late 2014 after the police responded to protests with armored vehicles, snipers and riot gear.

— adam goldman, New York Times, "Trump Reverses Restrictions on Military Hardware for Police," 28 Aug. 2017
Even large armored dinosaurs—like the tank-sized ankylosaur—lived in fear of predators.

— giorgia guglielmi, Science | AAAS, "Did this big dino use camouflage to hide from predators?," 3 Aug. 2017
The event, which took place from 6 to 9 p.m., included police canine demonstrations and displays of an armored vehicle and weapons used by SWAT officers.

— david hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Hundreds turn out for National Night Out in National City," 1 Aug. 2017
ISIS claimed that two armored vehicles were destroyed and 53 members of the SDF were killed in the attack, though an SDF spokeswoman, Nisreen Abdullah, said their estimate was exaggerated.

— aria bendix, The Atlantic, "ISIS Claims Attack on U.S.-Backed Troops in Syria," 29 July 2017
The naval activity in the Baltic comes months after NATO established new brigades in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, beefed up by prepositioned American tanks and heavy armored vehicles.

— chicagotribune.com, "NATO, Russian troops rattle swords along hundreds of miles of borderland," 19 July 2017
Two nights later, military units launched a full-scale assault on the square, firing their rifles and driving armored vehicles into crowds that lined the surrounding streets.

— harrison smith, Alaska Dispatch News, "Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate imprisoned in China, dies at 61," 13 July 2017

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ARMORED Defined for English Language Learners

armored

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Definition of armored for English Language Learners

: covered in flat pieces of metal : protected by armor
: having soldiers and vehicles that are protected with armor
: using soldiers and vehicles that are protected with armor

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armored

adjective ar·mored \ ˈär-mərd \

Definition of armored for Students

:protected by or equipped with armor

armored cars

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