armoured car
Britishnoun
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military a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
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any vehicle strengthened by armoured plate, esp a security van for transporting cash and valuables
Example Sentences
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The mood outside court was tense as police deployed dozens of officers, an armoured car and a bomb disposal van to the area.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
President Biden will be allowed to use his personal armoured car, "the Beast", and some other heads of state will also use their own vehicles.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
Francis’s whirlwind tour will take him by plane, helicopter and possibly armoured car to four cities, including areas that most foreign dignitaries are unable to reach, let alone in such a short space of time.
From Reuters ● Mar. 5, 2021
Mounir Bouchenaki, an Algerian archaeologist, and Mechtild Rössler, head of the Unesco World Heritage Centre, have made separate visits – Rössler in an armoured car, Bouchenaki in a convoy guarded by Russian helicopter gunships.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2016
When out scouting in a light armoured car he was within 500 yards of a big ammunition dump which was blown up.
From How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine by Massey, William Thomas
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