armored
Americanadjective
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protected by armor or armor plate.
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provided with or using armored equipment, as tanks or armored cars.
an armored unit;
an armored patrol.
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Instead the training for the soldiers of the 12th Armored Brigade focused on fundamentals like hand-eye coordination on controls, evasive maneuvers and rapid attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The paper is titled "Armored macrophage-targeted CAR-T cells reset and reprogram the tumor microenvironment and control metastatic cancer growth."
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
The 28-year-old former officer in the Armored Corps is refusing to serve any longer in the army following 270 days of active combat in Gaza.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
Armored vehicles with “GardaWorld” painted on the sides in blocky text have become an increasingly common sight in the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
The sixty-eight alligators of our Second Armored Amphibian Battalion crossed the lines of departure.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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