armoring
Fitting with plates
Armoring is the process of adding protective covering to something—a vehicle, a building, a body.
Military contractors armor trucks against explosions; medieval smiths armored knights for battle.
The word extends to emotional protection: Years of criticism had left him armoring himself against any feedback.
Also spelled armouring in British English.
Flat dish for food
- mailPostal system items
- chainmailArmor of linked rings
- cuirassTorso-protecting plate armor
- breastplateMetal torso protection
gauntlet · helm · greaves · vambrace · pauldron · sabaton · gorget · hauberk
Bullet-resistant synthetic fiber
- ceramicFired clay material
- plateFlat dish for food
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
- trauma plateBody armor reinforcement panel
polyethylene · laminate · carrier · insert · spall · fragmentation
Large storage vessel
- vehicleMeans of transport
- personnel carrierVehicle transporting military members
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
gunboat · turret · hull · reactive · composite · appliqué · slat · cage
Notched defensive wall top
- bastionFortified defensive position
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- parapetLow wall at edge
stockade · palisade · keep · bulwark · bunker · embrasure · reinforced concrete · blast wall
Vertical enclosing structures
- barriersThings blocking access
- defensesMeans of protection
- guardingActively protecting something
- self-protectionSafeguarding one's own wellbeing
detachment · stoicism · resilience · coping · shell · toughening · steeling · bracing
Converting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- antivirusMalware detection program
- hardeningBecoming less soft
patching · intrusion detection · access control · two-factor · penetration testing · sandboxing
plate
Flat dish for food
breastplate · gauntlet · helm · greaves · vambrace · pauldron · sabaton · gorget · hauberk · brigandine
kevlar
Bullet-resistant synthetic fiber
trauma plate · polyethylene · laminate · carrier · insert · spall · fragmentation
tank
Large storage vessel
- vehicleMeans of transport
- personnel carrierVehicle transporting military members
- warshipArmed naval vessel
battleship · gunboat · turret · hull · reactive · composite · appliqué · slat · cage · modular
battlements
Notched defensive wall top
parapet · stockade · palisade · keep · bulwark · bunker · embrasure · reinforced concrete · blast wall · sandbag
walls
Vertical enclosing structures
self-protection · detachment · stoicism · resilience · coping · shell · toughening · steeling · bracing · numbing
encryption
Converting data into code
- firewallNetwork access control system
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- antivirusMalware detection program
hardening · patching · intrusion detection · access control · two-factor · penetration testing · sandboxing
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, knighthood, falconry
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- coastal protectionseawall, seawalls, breakwater, breakwaters, jetty
- Orgone TheoryWilhelm Reich, Reich, life energy, character analysis, cloudbusting
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
armoringstripping
Removing outer layers
exposing · baring · uncovering · denuding · laying bare
armoringweakening
Becoming less strong
undermining · compromising · softening · sabotaging · debilitating
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