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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In March and April, Birds of Magyar accounted for 6-10% of the total number of tanks and other armored vehicles, but only 1-2% of the amount of artillery.
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ahead of the order, the Army on April 5 delivered more than 50 armored Stryker fighting vehicles to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
—Jason Allen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
Four Army soldiers died in late March after their armored vehicle was submerged in a swamp during a training exercise in Lithuania.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Britain said that in a joint effort with Norway, just over $580 million would be spent to provide hundreds of thousands of military drones, radar systems and anti-tank mines, as well as repair and maintenance contracts to keep Ukrainian armored vehicles on the battlefield.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
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David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ahead of the order, the Army on April 5 delivered more than 50 armored Stryker fighting vehicles to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
—Jason Allen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
Four Army soldiers died in late March after their armored vehicle was submerged in a swamp during a training exercise in Lithuania.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Britain said that in a joint effort with Norway, just over $580 million would be spent to provide hundreds of thousands of military drones, radar systems and anti-tank mines, as well as repair and maintenance contracts to keep Ukrainian armored vehicles on the battlefield.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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