armored vehicle
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɑrmərd ˈviːhɪkl/
- Specialized
:
vehículo blindado
- The military uses armored vehicles to protect soldiers during combat operations.
- tanks and armored vehicle
So they got, they started an armored vehicle company.
- So they got, they started an armored vehicle company.
- They have this kind of like rhinos, like armoured vehicles.
- And that night I was seeing a thing where they had actually parked these armoured vehicles outside the the A&E;.
- And we're sending many thousands of weapons of every kind, including tanks now and armoured vehicles.
- Now they have uniforms, military uniforms with Carter, Jalisco, Navajo here, CJNG, they're driving armored vehicles.
- Like we spent four weeks doing, you know, mobility with M raps the big armored vehicles, right?
- After this point we heard artillery strike and because you're an armored vehicle, it sounds further away than it is.
Examples
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What they need is a lot of fuel and some armored vehicles with plenty of room to work in.
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And my dad owns an armored vehicle company, so they transport stuff for, like, museums and banks and that kind of thing.
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Okay radio the armored vehicles to close in.
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You need a stronger vehicle, an armored vehicle, and I know where we can get one.
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At this point, the armored vehicle is extremely heavily impacted, but it's still holding.
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From there we take an armored-vehicle escort down Fleet Street to the cathedral.
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Repeat, armored vehicle robbery in progress, 4th and Olive.
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The .50 cal rounds eventually pierced through, but the armored vehicle held up long enough for her to survive.
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The Federal Government buys anything from armored vehicles to socks, pens, and pencils.
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The only way for a Westerner to visit Ur in 2008 was to come ready for war, in armored vehicles bristling with machine guns.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.8
A heavily armored vehicle with a large gun that moves on tracks
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5.3
A military vehicle with metal protection that carries soldiers safely
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5.5
A military vehicle on wheels with light armor and a machine gun for combat
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3.5
A heavy armored vehicle with a large gun that moves on tracks and fights in war
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8.4
A large armored vehicle used in war, like an early tank
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8.1
A light military vehicle with a strong anti-tank gun that stops enemy tanks
A fast vehicle with light armour that scouts and watches ahead
A fast, lightly armored four-wheel-drive military vehicle with an open top used to find where the enemy is
A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting
An armored vehicle with a large gun on a tank body that supports soldiers and fights tanks
How Armored
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2.8
- Specialized
14
5.3
- Specialized
22
3.4
- US
2
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a vehicle equipped with protective armor' follows directly from combining the adjective 'armored' (protected by armor) with the noun 'vehicle' (a means of transport). This is a regular adjective+noun composition found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Armored vehicle comes from the picture of a vehicle wearing metal plates like a strong coat, the 'armor'. That metal coat protects people inside from bullets or blasts, so the phrase means a vehicle made to 'protect' or 'defend' against attacks or danger.