Sentence examples for defensive armor from inspiring English sources

Depending on the herbivore's physical characteristics (i.e. size and defensive armor), plant structural defenses on stems and leaves can deter, injure, or kill the grazer.

It overspent on fanciful air and sea weapons irrelevant to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while neglecting desperately needed basics like defensive armor and drones.

One looks on at once gripped and appalled as Creon's defensive armor gives way, this most implacable of men discovering the extent to which the letter of the law has its limitations, too.

Then comes the destroyer, defensive armor is sacrificed for speed and mobility, but the guns are heavy enough to blow a torpedo boat right out of the water Russia & France have built super-destroyers carrying slighly heavier guns.

In top-form Simon comedies like "The Sunshine Boys" and the autobiographical "Brighton Beach" trilogy, the wisecracks feel like a natural part of the defensive armor of the people portrayed.

If an individual flea detects evidence that predators are present, then that flea grows defensive armor.

During another walk-and-talk, our conversation bounced from childhood to vulnerability, defensive armoring to marriage to living life with a soul purpose.

Two seasons ago, he torched Green Bay on a Monday night, and the following year the Packers drafted a number of defensive backs as armor for future Moss attacks.

He found that without defensive armament and armor plating, the aircraft was 7000 pound lighter, and its performance was much improved.

(2) bow and arrows, defined as a shaft of flexible material (bow) which uses a string to shoot aerodynamic projectiles (arrows); (3) ritual fights, any type of battle between males, including wrestling, stick fights or raiding and headhunting expeditions; 4) shields and armor, defensive weapon either carried as a dress (armor) or as an object (shield).

affect the defensive strength of the armor.