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If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.
Antony Beevor

Meaning of "armoured" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARMOURED

armoured  [ˈɑːməd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARMOURED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Armoured is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARMOURED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Armour (disambiguation)

Armour or Armor is protective covering. The terms Armour or Armor may also refer to...

Definition of armoured in the English dictionary

The first definition of armoured in the dictionary is having a protective covering, such as armour or bone. Other definition of armoured is comprising units making use of armoured vehicles. Armoured is also toughened.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARMOURED


armored
ˈɑːməd
enamored
ɪnˈæməd
enamoured
ɪnˈæməd
ill-humoured
ˌɪlˈhjuːməd
Malamud
ˈmæləməd
Muhammad
mʊˈhæməd
overenamored
ˌəʊvərɪnˈæməd
pajamaed
pəˈdʒɑːməd
unarmored
ʌnˈɑːməd
unarmoured
ʌnˈɑːməd
unsummered
ʌnˈsʌməd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARMOURED

armories
armorist
armorless
armory
armour
armour plate
armour-bearer
armour-clad
armour-piercing
armour-plated
armour-plating
armoured car
armoured personnel carrier
armourer
armouries
armourless
armoury
armozeen
armozine

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMOURED

chocolate-coloured
coloured
contoured
copper-coloured
cream-coloured
discoloured
featured
flavoured
flesh-coloured
good-humoured
honoured
laboured
light-coloured
multicoloured
pastel-coloured
rose-coloured
rust-coloured
self-coloured
time-honoured
uncoloured
unflavoured

Synonyms and antonyms of armoured in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARMOURED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «armoured» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of armoured

Translation of «armoured» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMOURED

Find out the translation of armoured to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of armoured from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «armoured» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

装甲的 车辆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blindado
570 millions of speakers

English

armoured
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बख़्तरबंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدرعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бронированная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blindado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাঁজোয়াযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blindé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berperisai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gepanzert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

装甲した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장갑의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bọc thép
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सशस्त्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zırhlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corazzato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opancerzony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

броньована
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blindat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τεθωρακισμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gepantserde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bepansrade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pansret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of armoured

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOURED»

The term «armoured» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.255 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOURED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «armoured» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «armoured» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about armoured

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4 QUOTES WITH «ARMOURED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word armoured.
1
Kate Adie
In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.
2
Antony Beevor
If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.
3
James Buchan
Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last century's attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission.
4
Franz Halder
The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMOURED»

Discover the use of armoured in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to armoured and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Early Armoured Cars
This book traces their development from the first improvised designs to the turreted armoured cars in service during the First World War. The emphasis is mainly on British vehicles, but foreign armoured cars are also included.
E. Bartholomew, 1988
2
German Armoured Cars and Reconnaissance Half-Tracks 1939-45
2. Verdenskrig. Beskrivelser af tyske panservogne og opklaringskøretøjer (halvbæltekøretøjer), med illustrationer, tekniske data og taktisk anvendelse.
Bryan Perrett, 1999
3
Armoured Train 14-69
The author, a member of the Red Guard, took part in the fight against the White Army and intervention armies. The text has been translated and edited under the supervision of the author.
Vsevolod Ivanov, 1933
4
Modelling Armoured Vehicles
Jim Carswell. Some brass joints need added strength, such as those on fenders or stowage bins that will be bent to simulate damage. In these cases it is best to solder the parts together. To prepare the parts for soldering, they should be free ...
Jim Carswell, 2012
5
The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
These further cars served all across the Empire, including in Ireland and even later Shanghai, returning for a final brief appearance in the early stages of World War II.This book tells the complete story of the Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, ...
David Fletcher, 2012
6
Cambrai 1917: The Birth of Armoured Warfare
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session.
Alexander Turner, 2007
7
Armoured Warfare
Indhold: The Origins of Armour; British Armour 1918-40: Doctrine and Development; The Development of German Armoured Forces 1918-40; British Armoured Warfare in the Western Desert 1940-43; The Operational Employment of Soviet Armour in the ...
J. P. Harris, F. H. Toase, 1990
8
Armoured Firepower: The Development of Tank Armament, 1939-45
The firepower of a tank is its most important characteristic and its sole raison d'etre, therefore the choice of armament is a vital ingredient in equipping an armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) for success on the battlefield.
Peter Gudgin, 1997
9
Men, Ideas, and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured ...
This work reviews the development of British military ideas on armoured forces from 1903 to 1939.
J. P. Harris, 1995
10
Flexible Armoured Revetments Incorporating Geotextiles: ...
Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
‎1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMOURED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term armoured is used in the context of the following news items.
1
East African country orders Springbuck armoured vehicles
A Springbuck APC. DCD Protected Mobility has received an order for its Springbuck armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from an East African ... «defenceWeb, Jul 15»
2
Armoured car crew was right to refuse unsafe work: ruling
OTTAWA, July 3, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is applauding a ruling this afternoon that a two-person armoured car crew was justified in refusing work ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
3
The Decline of Armoured Assets in Western Europe
Shrinking armoured forces in the four most important countries in Europe looks like a strategic adjustment to contemporary geopolitical ... «ISN, Jul 15»
4
Palaeoboffins discover 500 MILLION year old ARMOURED WORM
The "super-armoured" worm, a previously unknown species from 500 million years ago, ate by filtering nutrients out of seawater with its ... «The Register, Jul 15»
5
UK orders CTAS 40 mm cannons for new armoured vehicles
The UK MoD has ordered 515 CTAS 40 mm cannons for its new fleet of armoured fighting vehicles. Picture is the cannon fitted to Lockheed ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jul 15»
6
Rheinmetall To Sell Armoured NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles To …
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) has won a contract from Kuwait to supply twelve armoured NBC reconnaissance vehicles, ... «Defenseworld.net, Jul 15»
7
Hairy monster: ancient 'super-armoured' worm discovered in China
The soft-bodied but “super-armoured” Collinsium ciliosum, a Collins' monster-type worm discovered in China and dating from the early ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Want to rob an armoured car? Go out for fast food
Parked there, headlights on and loud engine running, was a large-size dark-coloured armoured car. Sparse lettering on the side identified it as ... «Straight.com, Jun 15»
9
Mitsubishi eyes technological leap, and exports, with armoured vehicle
Mitsubishi Heavy wants to build an amphibious armoured vehicle that can move through water at 20 to 25 knots (37 to 46 km per hour) ... «Daily Times, Jun 15»
10
Security challenges driving modest African armoured vehicles market
Security threats such as Boko Haram and al Shabaab are driving a modest armoured vehicles market on the continent, according to experts. «defenceWeb, Jun 15»

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