armada

noun

är-ˈmä-də How to pronounce armada (audio)
Definition of armadanext
as in fleet
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management an armada of ships sailing up the coast

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Recent Examples of armada There’ll be an armada of food trucks there, too, along with a Kitten Lounge by Mini Cat Town and live K-Pop dance performances. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 But for America’s 250th birthday, New York Harbor is also recruiting a proud armada of very tall sailing ships for the latest edition of OpSail. — Paige Darrah, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026 Yellow split peas, horse gram, chickpeas, brown lentils and moth beans — Iyer assembles an armada of more than 15 different types of legumes for the Legume Curries chapter. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 May 2026 Following the United States’ launch of Operation Epic Fury late last month, Iran deployed its own armada of light-weight, low-cost attack drones. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for armada
Recent Examples of Synonyms for armada
  1. fleet
  2. convoy
Noun
  • Sustained Ukrainian drone strikes have hit Russia’s refineries, and tougher Western sanctions have started to bite, like the lower European Union oil price cap and measures targeting Russia’s shadow-fleet enablers.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The president wants the new fleet of aircraft carriers to more closely resemble those from World War II.
    — Noah Robertson, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of fleet
Noun
  • The convoy arrived in the early morning hours after an overnight drive.
    — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in England consider antisocial driving to include causing unnecessary noise pollution, street racing and cruising in a convoy, among other types of public nuisance.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of convoy

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