anti-armor

adjective

an·​ti-ar·​mor ˌan-tē-ˈär-mər How to pronounce anti-armor (audio)
ˌan-ˌtī-
: designed to be used against armored vehicles
anti-armor weapons

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The larger 600 model can travel for up to 40 minutes and has an anti-armor warhead meant for hardened targets that are further away, according to the manufacturer. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 Total weight is 21 pounds including an 8-pound warhead which can be fragmentation or anti-armor. David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 Although the line between offense and defense in modern warfare is rarely clear, deployments might emphasize anti-armor, anti-infantry, and anti-air systems rather than those better suited for offense. Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2015 Last Sunday, as Russia put pressure on Ukrainian forces across a 600-mile front line, Ukraine received a shipment of anti-armor rockets, missiles and badly needed 155-millimeter artillery shells. Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for anti-armor 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-armor was in 1922

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“Anti-armor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-armor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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