armada

noun

är-ˈmä-də How to pronounce armada (audio)
Definition of armadanext
as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management an armada of ships sailing up the coast

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Recent Examples of armada There’ll be an armada of food trucks there, too, along with a Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town and live K-Pop dance performances. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 But for America’s 250th birthday, New York Harbor is also recruiting a proud armada of very tall sailing ships for the latest edition of OpSail. — Paige Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026 Yellow split peas, horse gram, chickpeas, brown lentils and moth beans — Iyer assembles an armada of more than 15 different types of legumes for the Legume Curries chapter. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 May 2026 Following the United States’ launch of Operation Epic Fury late last month, Iran deployed its own armada of light-weight, low-cost attack drones. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armada
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armada
  1. fleet
  2. convoy
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  • The bill had sought to sanction Russian officials, banks and a shadow fleet of tankers that keeps Russian energy moving.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Implemented as a modular kit, the CoreMotion package enables customers to rapidly integrate autonomous capabilities across new and existing vehicle fleets while reducing technical and integration risk.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fleet
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  • Future of separatism Keith Wilson, another Alberta independence leader who was lead counsel for the 2022 convoy organizers, said separatists see the vote as a way to give Alberta more leverage in dealing with Ottawa, even short of independence.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In 2009, armed men stopped a convoy of civilians, relatives, lawyers and journalists heading to submit election filings in Maguindanao and killed 58 people, at least 32 of them journalists and media workers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of convoy

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“Armada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armada. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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