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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Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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—Betsy Joles, NPR, 2 Mar. 2025
The most obvious are in air defense, in producing long-range missiles, tanks and armored vehicles, as well as attracting enough personnel into the armed forces, military experts and officials say.
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—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
That tour required the blessing of ICC security consultants, who were shuttled around in armored vehicles with police escorts to assess Pakistan's preparedness to host the event.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 2 Mar. 2025
The most obvious are in air defense, in producing long-range missiles, tanks and armored vehicles, as well as attracting enough personnel into the armed forces, military experts and officials say.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
The Pentagon ordered the deployment of as many as 3,000 additional troops with armored vehicles to the southern border, according to Defense Department officials.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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