armor
Example Sentences
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"We reimagined them not as mighty guardians, but as vulnerable creatures whose armor -- their shells and scales -- is under attack by ocean warming, acidification and other ocean environmental changes."
From Science Daily
Walter Monsalve, a 55-year-old teacher who works on both sides of the border that Colombia reinforced with soldiers and armored vehicles, said he was "in shock."
From Barron's
For another, their armor protected their hulls against attack — the design rationale being that they would chiefly engage enemy vessels in battleship-to-battleship engagements — but their decks were susceptible to assault from the skies.
From Los Angeles Times
On the other hand, they say, the cash is a protective armor for Berkshire’s balance sheet.
In such a world, Ukraine is unlikely to stock up on the sort of expensive tanks and other armored vehicles that Western nations continue to buy, analysts say.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
