armored

• armoured (Commonwealth)

From armor + -ed.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːməd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹmɚd/

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armored (comparative more armored, superlative most armored)

1. Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
2. Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated.
   • 2025 July 7, Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga and Brittny Mejia, “Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.’s MacArthur Park”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 July 2025:

     They came with horses and armored vehicles, carrying rifles and in tactical gear in the middle of what is the heart of immigrant Los Angeles. But there were few of their supposed targets to be found Monday — immigrants without documentation.

• (covered with armor): nonarmored, unarmored

armored

1. simple past and past participle of armor

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “armored”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “armored”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Ardmore, dearmor