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armoured

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armoured or US armored
Adjective
1. having a protective covering
2. consisting of armoured vehicles: an armoured brigade
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.armouredarmoured - used of animals; provided with protective covering
armored
2.armouredarmoured - protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
armored
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
armoured
adjective protected, mailed, reinforced, toughened, bulletproof, armour-plated, steel-plated, ironclad, bombproof


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Until further information, therefore, I shall maintain it to be a sea-unicorn of colossal dimensions, armed not with a halberd, but with a real spur, as the armoured frigates, or the `rams' of war, whose massiveness and motive power it would possess at the same time.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Quickly, one after the other, one, two, three, four of the armoured Martians appeared, far away over the little trees, across the flat meadows that stretched towards Chertsey, and striding hurriedly towards the river.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
None in the navy of his sire possessed a swifter flier; no other craft so well armoured or so well armed.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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