armored

adjective

ar·​mored ˈär-mərd How to pronounce armored (audio)
1
a
: equipped or protected with armor
b
: equipped with armored fighting vehicles
an armored division
2
: marked by the use of armor
armored combat

Examples of armored in a Sentence

a ship with an armored hull Additional armored divisions were deployed to the eastern front.
Recent Examples on the Web The Freedom of Russia Legion posted video showing several armored vehicles on a dirt track, but the location and date were unclear. Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024 The transcript of the driver is the first extensive eyewitness account of what happened in the armored vehicle to be made public. Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024 In 2023, Russia revived 1,200 tanks and 2,500 armored vehicles that were previously in long-term storage while producing only 200 new or modernized tanks. Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024 Posted by an Israeli soldier on the social media platform on February 22 and since deleted, the video also shows troops in an armored vehicle driving into the medical complex. Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024 Russia has also lost huge amounts of equipment; some 2,200 tanks out of 3,500 have been destroyed along with one-third of its armored vehicles, according to a congressional staff member who saw an intelligence assessment. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Several armored vehicles belonging to customers were among the things stolen during looting that went into Thursday, sources confirmed to the Miami Herald. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 Police descended on the gated community near the Latter-day Saints' Gilbert Arizona Temple — where houses sell for more than $1 million — with automatic weapons, an armored vehicle and evidence vans. Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 This equipment included armored personnel carriers and trucks, tanks, anti-aircraft systems, and rocket launchers. Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of armored was in 1564

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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

armored

adjective
ar·​mored ˈär-mərd How to pronounce armored (audio)
1
: protected by armor
an armored car
armored reptiles
2
: supplied with armored equipment
an armored force
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