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
Mykhailo drives us to a Ukrainian position – a journey we can only risk after dark, and in an armoured car.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
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
He was masked but accompanied by Secret Service agents in his hermetically-sealed armoured car, exposing them to the possibility of infection.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2020
Nevertheless we turned around and started back, only to rush into the big Belgian armoured car which Colonel Cumont, hearing firing, had sent down to rescue us and cover our retreat.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh
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