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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And west of Charlotte, The Armored Group (TAG) in Shelby builds tactical SWAT trucks, military combat vehicles and other armored vehicles at its 227,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on its 110 acre campus.
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Charlotte Observer,
6 July 2026
Deploying nets and traps from armored breakwalls and along shoreline boulders, their efforts weren't successful in 2024.
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The White House is an active construction site, with cement trucks going through the same gates typically used by the president’s armored limousine.
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Matt Viser,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Pangolins have armored bodies covered with overlapping scales that protect the mid-sized mammals that are native to parts of Africa and Asia.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
1 July 2026
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Charlotte Observer,
6 July 2026
Deploying nets and traps from armored breakwalls and along shoreline boulders, their efforts weren't successful in 2024.
—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 July 2026
The White House is an active construction site, with cement trucks going through the same gates typically used by the president’s armored limousine.
—
Matt Viser,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Pangolins have armored bodies covered with overlapping scales that protect the mid-sized mammals that are native to parts of Africa and Asia.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for armored
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“Armored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armored. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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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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