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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From their humble beginnings as slow armored vehicles that supported the infantry’s advance, tanks would quickly evolve into swift, lethal machines that led the main attack while infantry moved in support of them.
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The Fort Worth robbery was the second Brink’s armored truck heist that Warren committed within about a month.
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Residents described artillery fire before soldiers stormed the town in armored vehicles.
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Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
The Fort Worth robbery was the second Brink’s armored truck heist that Warren committed within about a month.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
Residents described artillery fire before soldiers stormed the town in armored vehicles.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Trump and the first lady were initially shielded by his detail behind armored plating placed on the stage.
—Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 5 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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