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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Tanks, anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles now play a subordinate role to the ever-present drones.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Moscow claimed heavy Ukrainian losses, estimating more than 9,400 personnel killed or wounded across different sectors, along with dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and artillery systems destroyed.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Rostec said the latest enhancements focus on countering small drones, which have become a central threat to Russian armored vehicles across the front.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
The internal plans obtained by CBS News indicate Border Patrol requested armored vehicles and special operation teams for the operations in Charlotte and New Orleans.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Moscow claimed heavy Ukrainian losses, estimating more than 9,400 personnel killed or wounded across different sectors, along with dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and artillery systems destroyed.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Rostec said the latest enhancements focus on countering small drones, which have become a central threat to Russian armored vehicles across the front.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
The internal plans obtained by CBS News indicate Border Patrol requested armored vehicles and special operation teams for the operations in Charlotte and New Orleans.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 9 Dec. 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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