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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Some of the equipment and troops belonging to the “Black Jack” brigade—the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team of 1st Cavalry Division—were already en route when the deployment was canceled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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
Armored vehicles are not typically involved in police pursuits.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
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
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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