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resembling armor

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Usage examples (6)
  • The stiffened form was a ghastly object to behold, being literally encased in an armour-like shell of frozen, claret-coloured snow.
  • Trussed tightly into restricting layers of cloth before the heavy, armour-like wedding kimono was wrapped around her, the young woman stoically endured the cer-emony and...
  • Women in the 80's adorned themselves in vivid colour and clad their shoulders in armour-like padding...the term "power dressing" was hence coined to describe women's...
  • But he noted that the cable would be buried in sediment and given armour-like protection where needed.
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