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

"I'm OK now," Quilcue said through tears in a video posted by Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez, which also showed her being bundled into an armored vehicle by members of Colombia's military anti-kidnapping unit.

From Barron's

But gator tails do move, Chase discovered, like armored whips.

From Literature

Long ditches lined with coils of razor wire and concrete pyramids known as dragon’s teeth await Russia’s increasingly rare armored attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.

From Salon

An armored vehicle moved it—or rather moved Ridge, who was handcuffed to a metal briefcase holding the formula—from one bank vault to another in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bulletproof