(v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Example Sentences:
(1) A revised policy would have to fulfil the twin objectives of ending the torture and other violations without rekindling the armada of boats.
(2) The study was done in three health care systems in the region: civil servants ("Mutualidad de Funcionarios Civiles del Estado: MUFACE") armed forces group ("Instituto Social de las Fuerzas Armadas: ISFAS") and the national system ("Instituto Nacional de la Salud: INSALUD").
(3) The party still faces a barrage of tactical voting by the right and left to stop it winning final-round votes – described by one Lille party worker as “the onslaught of an armada”.
(4) His invasion fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Armada, set sail in 1688.
(5) They danced, prayed and sang – and stood in long lines in front of the armadas of portable bathrooms along the beachfront.
(6) The government sent skimmers and booms to help clear up the oil , while BP recruited an "armada" of fishermen , otherwise banned from fishing for shrimp off the waters off Louisiana, to help lay some of the 2.25 million feet of containment booms to contain the slick.
(7) López Rivera eventually became a member of a clandestine group called Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional , which argued that armed force was a justified tactic in the fight for Puerto Rican independence.
(8) Col Tejero ignored Gen Armada and, instead of negotiating the formation of a government of national unity, demanded the creation of military junta.
(9) Only bad weather helped it avert a true disaster when the Spanish armada tried to invade in 1588.
(10) That said, however, it seems there is no direct correlation between the game and the film, in which a fleet of US ships is attacked by an armada of alien invaders, known as The Regents.
(11) Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, said: "The armada of hate and violence in support of the Hamas terror organisation was a premeditated and outrageous provocation.
(12) Sitting ducks for an armada of hackers, who are every bit as focused on stealing our data as we are relaxed about storing it.
(13) "It was the king himself who, after realising the nature of the threats to Spain, democracy and the crown ... had proposed to me in 1980 that I might head a government of unity," Gen Armada told his prison chaplain shortly after starting his 30-year jail sentence, the book reports.
(14) Col Tejero gave himself up and Gen Armada was soon discovered to have masterminded the plot.
(15) He howled when Diaz tried to boast about his armada of fighting coaches, portraying them as battle-tested kickboxing warriors as opposed to McGregor’s more eclectic group of movement and striking coaches.
(16) They were sure that Juan Carlos would respond by calling on the aristocratic Gen Armada, his former personal secretary, to lead a government of national unity.
(17) "The forecasts were correct, but it was soon clear that the armadas of ice that suddenly started to appear were thick and old."
(18) They showed 82% approval among viewers for the coverage of the armada along the river Thames.
(19) "He always told me I should trust Armada, that the best solution was a government of national unity led by him."
(20) Newly revealed transcripts of phone conversations between the king and Gen Armada show that, whatever may have been said before, Juan Carlos never wavered in his opposition to the coup once it started.
Armado
Definition:
(n.) Armada.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hormigón Armado focuses on the children, teenagers and parents of children who work on the streets, seeking to mitigate the harm, such as problems in school and vulnerability to violence, that can come from working alone from a young age.
(2) KS It was this stigma around shoeshiners that prompted Jaime Villalobos to start Hormigón Armado.
(3) Now in its eighth year, the result of Villalobos's efforts is a publication called Hormigón Armado, a play on words that means both reinforced concrete and armed ant, representing the resilience of Bolivia's street people.
(4) Jaime Villalobos works for Save the Children in Bolivia and prior to that founded Hormigón Armado, an organisation designed to support children working in the streets in La Paz.
(5) On a sunny Saturday morning, members of Hormigón Armado gather at their makeshift headquarters.
(6) Today, Mauge has left the street behind and is studying to become a beautician with a grant she got through Hormigón Armado.