ARMORED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of armored

as in shielded

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verb

past tense of armor

as in encapsulated

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Recent Examples of armored

Adjective

Videos showed helicopters and military armored vehicles patrolling the base. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026 While traditional military equipment, including tanks and armored personnel carriers, remains essential, the president said the war in Ukraine has demonstrated how quickly new technologies are transforming the battlefield. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Police escorted people out of a home in Pennsauken, New Jersey, on Wednesday, and an armored vehicle is on the scene. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 That includes more than 10,000 armored and protected vehicles, close to 3,000 air defense and artillery systems, and over 370 aircraft and helicopters, Knighton said. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armored

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Adjective

The Star filed a lawsuit to make the agreement public, and a Jackson County judge ruled earlier this month that the deal could remain shielded from public view, citing exemptions in the Missouri Sunshine Law.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
The titular hero was born on the doomed alien world of Krypton, and grew up in a shielded city that managed to survive the planet’s initial destruction.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of shielded

Verb

Incorporating the copper nitrate trihydrate and potassium hydroxide allowed the team to engineer a highly porous carbon framework that effectively encapsulated the synthetic dye chemicals in wastewater.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
That was encapsulated in returning for the series finale as a director and an actor.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of encapsulated

Verb

Phenomenal energy, and the world outside, cocooned behind high-grade drywall.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Only guests in the larger rooms gain access to the rooftop, with its heated pool, and the Vault bar, arguably the highlight of the whole affair, cocooned among 3,000 gleaming safe deposit boxes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cocooned

Adjective

The result is a more efficient propulsion system that delivers greater range and energy, enabling engagement of highly maneuverable aerial threats at safer distances from protected forces.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
The main Wekiva River was designated by Congress in 2000 as a protected National Wild and Scenic River.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of protected

Verb

Cherished relatives died alone in hospital rooms surrounded by sterile machines and an ever-rotating set of masked medical personnel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
And at the L’Anse-Pleureuse rest area on Route 198, just outside Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, the view of a lake surrounded by mountainous terrain is well worth a stop.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of surrounded

Adjective

The idea is to give aircraft another long-range weapon for attacking high-value or time-sensitive targets while keeping those aircraft farther from heavily defended areas.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
The city is part of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt, a series of heavily defended cities that Russia must overcome to advance farther into the region.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of defended

Verb

Outside a rehearsal space in this city ringed by mountains, opera singer Michael Kuhn was practicing fly casting.

— Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026
If your glasses always come out of the dishwasher looking cloudy or your faucets are ringed with white residue, hard water could be the reason.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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