Word.ws English Dictionary

reactive armour

reactive armour noun: vehicle armor which reacts to the impact of a weapon in such a way as to reduce the damage done, typically by exploding to disrupt the penetrating jet of a shaped-charge weapon.

Noun

reactive armour (countable and uncountable, plural reactive armours)

  1. (Canada, UK) Vehicle armor which reacts to the impact of a weapon in such a way as to reduce the damage done, typically by exploding to disrupt the penetrating jet of a shaped-charge weapon.
    Synonyms:
    explosive reactive armour, explosive reactive armor, ERA

Synonyms of reactive armour

  • explosive reactive armour
  • explosive reactive armor
  • ERA

Forms of reactive armour

pluralreactive armours
alternative USreactive armor

Questions about reactive armour

What does reactive armour mean?
Reactive armour means vehicle armor which reacts to the impact of a weapon in such a way as to reduce the damage done, typically by exploding to disrupt the penetrating jet of a shaped-charge weapon.
What part of speech is reactive armour?
Reactive armour is a noun.
What is the plural of reactive armour?
The plural of reactive armour is reactive armours.

Words near reactive armour in the dictionary

  1. reactivator
  2. reactivators
  3. reactive
  4. reactive armor
  5. reactive armors
  6. reactive armour
  7. reactive armours
  8. reactive attachment disorder
  9. reactive attachment disorders
  10. reactive intermediate
  11. reactive intermediates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reactive armour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “reactive armour.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reactive_armour. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.