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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Habibullah Badr drives us through the streets in an armoured car.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
The one carved into his memory in the cramped confines of an armoured car.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
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 up here with an armoured car in May.
From Men, Women and Guns by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
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