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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Defense companies increasingly want robotic vehicles to handle dangerous frontline tasks traditionally assigned to infantry crews or armored units.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
These vehicles are typically lightly armored and constrained to roads, following predictable routes and timing.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Police dispatched tactical officers, armored vehicles, drones and other mutual aid resources to help evacuate residents from the neighborhood and provide protection for the firefighters responding to the house fire, Morgan said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
In the winter morning sunshine, two tanks and an armored personnel carrier moved slowly down Constitution Avenue, accompanied by troops carrying submachine guns, while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines lined the street.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
These vehicles are typically lightly armored and constrained to roads, following predictable routes and timing.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Police dispatched tactical officers, armored vehicles, drones and other mutual aid resources to help evacuate residents from the neighborhood and provide protection for the firefighters responding to the house fire, Morgan said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
In the winter morning sunshine, two tanks and an armored personnel carrier moved slowly down Constitution Avenue, accompanied by troops carrying submachine guns, while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines lined the street.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 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 21 May. 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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