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.
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When the war first started, large drones like the TB2 Bayraktar were used to destroy armored vehicles.
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
On Monday night, a group of Israeli soldiers walked across a route used by tanks and armored vehicles about a mile from the border fence when a bomb exploded.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Soldiers attacked with explosives The soldiers were killed roughly two weeks after Israel reported one of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, when seven soldiers were killed after a Palestinian attached a bomb to their armored vehicle.
—Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Rheinmetall Rheinmetall, which specializes in weapons, ammunition and armored vehicles, is Germany’s largest defense company and is deeply embedded in the European defense system.
—Lily Meckel and Greg Kennedy, CNBC, 2 July 2025
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
On Monday night, a group of Israeli soldiers walked across a route used by tanks and armored vehicles about a mile from the border fence when a bomb exploded.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Soldiers attacked with explosives The soldiers were killed roughly two weeks after Israel reported one of its deadliest days in months in Gaza, when seven soldiers were killed after a Palestinian attached a bomb to their armored vehicle.
—Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Rheinmetall Rheinmetall, which specializes in weapons, ammunition and armored vehicles, is Germany’s largest defense company and is deeply embedded in the European defense system.
—Lily Meckel and Greg Kennedy, CNBC, 2 July 2025
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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armored
adjective
ar·mored
ˈär-mərd 
1
: protected by armor
an armored car
armored reptiles
2
: supplied with armored equipment
an armored force
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