Historical Warfare Terms

adjective describing something that is protected or covered with armor

• The army deployed heavily armored vehicles to protect the troops.
• I saw a cool armored truck on the highway today.
• That guy's car is totally armored up with all those modifications.
• She kept her emotions armored, not letting anyone see how she truly felt.

noun a prolonged period of being under siege

verb to surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender

• The enemy army plans to besiege the city for months.
• The protestors are going to besiege the mayor's office until he listens to their demands.
• I feel like my inbox is besieged with spam emails every day.
• Negative thoughts can besiege your mind if you don't practice mindfulness.

noun A sound imitating the noise of gunfire or explosions

• The military used ack-ack guns to defend against enemy aircraft during the war.
• I heard the ack-ack guns firing last night during the air raid.
• The ack-ack was going off like crazy at the concert last night.
• Her sharp wit was like ack-ack, shooting down any argument thrown her way.