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armoured

/ ˈɑːməd /

adjective

  1. having a protective covering, such as armour or bone
  2. comprising units making use of armoured vehicles

    an armoured brigade

  3. (of glass) toughened


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The armoured plates on the undamaged places on bombers, cut down losses by something like 30 per cent.

French troops in armoured personnel carriers rolled through the streets of Kidal in northern Mali on Wednesday.

Beyond an armoured shelter built against the brick wall of a house, the road turns to the left.

Go through the Rue d'Estaires, in which there is a large and very high armoured shelter that served as an observation-post.

"Oh, yes, I am sure you would run away if the armoured knight with his wild eyes should come nearer," said Mea.

The line was also protected by a large number of armoured trains.

Here, in this armoured chiton, would be an object that a poet might readily call "a chiton of bronze."

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