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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An Israeli armored vehicle drives inside Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon, April 24, 2026.
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CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
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When the armored vehicle opened fire, everyone in the camps ducked into the holes.
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CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Video of his arrest shows an armored vehicle parked in the front yard as Abugharbieh walks out the front door with his hands up and a bath towel tied around his waist.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
When the armored vehicle opened fire, everyone in the camps ducked into the holes.
—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
An armored Bearcat vehicle arrived on the scene, deploying smoke cannisters, and officers fired several rounds into the woods.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for armored
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 28 Apr. 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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