armored

American  

[ahr-merd] / ˈɑr mərd /

adjective

1. protected by armor or armor plate.

2. provided with or using armored equipment, as tanks or armored cars.

   an armored unit;

   an armored patrol.

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Other Word Forms

• unarmored adjective
• well-armored adjective

Etymology

Origin of armored

First recorded in 1595–1605; armor + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The additional troops would likely include infantry, armored vehicles and logistics support.

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The company makes armored vehicles, defense electronics, ammunition and advanced defense systems.

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So even when the 60-year-old chief of staff of Benin’s army came to in the back of an armored vehicle, he still wasn’t sure why all this was happening to him.

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Mr. Gallagher served as an armored cavalry officer in Iraq and is the author of the novel “Daybreak.”

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Previously, Athenian military enterprise had depended on a small elite, men wealthy enough to provide horses to serve as cavalry or to equip themselves as hoplites, a type of armored infantry.

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