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armor-clad

American  
[ahr-mer-klad] / ˈɑr mərˌklæd /

adjective

  1. covered with armor.


Etymology

Origin of armor-clad

First recorded in 1860–65; armor + clad 1

Example Sentences

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Long-range EVs now come in all shapes and sizes, from the swoopy Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan that offers 361 miles per charge to the armor-clad Tesla Cybertruck with 340 miles.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

Russell Engelman, a paleontologist pursuing his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve University, recently compared the proportions of Dunkleosteus’s armor-clad head to the skull sizes of hundreds of living and fossil fish.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023

Meanwhile, narrative beats that feel less managed and planned—as when a handful of armor-clad soldiers run headlong after Æon while she disposes of a body—are styled in a way that makes them feel stilted.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2023

Downtown streets and national monuments are crowded with armor-clad law enforcement officers and National Guard not seen since rioting over the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. left whole blocks ruined.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2020

If I were a hulking, armor-clad hero, the tower would have crumbled like dry bread.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff