ARMORED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of armored

as in shielded

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verb

past tense of armor

as in encapsulated

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Adjective

Advertisement Throughout the clip, security forces push the protesters back; armored vehicles accelerate to drive bodies back. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 Military vehicles like tanks and armored personnel carriers are even easier to spot and attack. — Greg Myre, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 Yellow smoke and pyrotechnics filled Folsom’s Dan Russell Rodeo Arena as deputies made their entrance, showing off armored vehicles and tactical gear while helicopters flew in formation overhead. — Haley Parsley october 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 Operation Vivaldi has been largely defined by Ukraine’s innovative use of technology, especially aerial and ground drones and armored personal carriers. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armored

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Adjective

In the school timeline Carrie is an isolated and shielded child struggling with her father's death and essentially thrown to the wolves at school.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Packer once helped design a bunker for a client’s horse, with access between the family shelter and a shielded area built into a hillside.

— Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of shielded

Verb

The researchers encapsulated three commercially available dyes in tiny spheres of poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a transparent plastic also known as plexiglass.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Her shrunken two-piece skirt suit—the jacket cropped to reveal her abs, the skirt extra-mini—perfectly encapsulated the cartoonish silhouette that Barbie so often rocks.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of encapsulated

Verb

The effect is that guests feel cocooned in their own space, far away from the world generally, but even from other guests.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
On Earth, reactors are cocooned inside containment structures, which would be extremely expensive and technically challenging to build on the moon.

— Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of cocooned

Adjective

Eco effort Because Kanai is a protected area, eco efforts are top of mind.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The result is a more efficient propulsion system that delivers greater range and energy, enabling engagement of highly maneuverable aerial threats at safer distances from protected forces.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of protected

Verb

At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrounded

Adjective

The idea is to give aircraft another long-range weapon for attacking high-value or time-sensitive targets while keeping those aircraft farther from heavily defended areas.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
The city is part of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt, a series of heavily defended cities that Russia must overcome to advance farther into the region.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of defended

Verb

This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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