Definition of "up-armored" []

• Having upgraded the armor of a fighting vehicle. (adjective)

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• "It took years for the troops to get all the body armor and up-armored vehicles they begged for."
• "  Under these circumstances, death comes in a multitude of disguises -- from a great distance via cruise missiles or Predator drones and close in at checkpoints where up-armored American troops, fingers on triggers, have no way of telling a suicide car bomber from a confused or panicked local with a couple of kids in the backseat."
• "That fall, Congress passed a military supplemental that earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars for body armor, and up-armored Humvees and IED detection equipment."