Topic: MILITARY
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action stations
aide-de-camp
airborne
aircraft carrier
airlift
allied
armour
arms control
arms race
array
assault course
AWOL
balance of power
bandmaster
bandsman
base
battle(n)
battle(v)
battle cry
battlefield
battlements
beachhead
bivouac
blackout
blast
blitz
blockade(n)
blockade(v)
blockhouse
bloodshed
body bag
body count
bomb
bombard
bombardment
bomb disposal
boot camp
bowman
breastplate
bridgehead
bunker
call-up
cannonade
capability
captain
capture
carrier
cashier
cenotaph
chief of staff
citation
civil defence
C.O.
command(n)
command(v)
commandant
commander
commander in chief
command post
commissariat
commissary
commission
commissioned officer
conquer
conquest
conscientious objector
conscript(v)
conscript(n)
conscription
convoy
cookhouse
Corp.
corporal
corps
counterinsurgency
counterintelligence
countermand
counter-revolution
court-martial(n)
court-martial(v)
cross
dawn raid
death camp
demilitarize
demobilize
deploy
detonate
disarm
disarmament
dispatch
draft board
draft card
draft dodger
draftee
dress uniform
drum major
dump
echelon
encamp
enemy
engage
engagement
enlist
enlisted
exchange
ex-serviceman
ex-servicewoman
field
first lieutenant
first strike
flak jacket
flash
fort
fortress
foxhole
FPO
front
gas mask
general headquarters
GHQ
guardhouse
headquarters
high command
HQ
incursion
indefensible
insignia
installation
insubordination
intelligence
internment
invade
invader
invasion
kit bag
KP
lieutenant
line
Maj.
major
major general
man
march(v)
march(n)
march-past
marshal
massacre(n)
massacre(v)
mess(n)
mess(v)
militarism
militarized
military
Military Academy
Military Cross
military service
militia
militiaman
minuteman
mission
MP
mutineer
mutinous
mutiny
national service
NATO
NCO
no-man's-land
non-aggression
non-aligned
non-combatant
objective
observation post
occupation
occupy
offence
offensive(a)
offensive(n)
officer
operation
orderly
outflank
outpost
overthrow
overwhelm
pact
padre
parade
paramilitary
parapet
partisan
password
patrol
perilous
periscope
pillbox
pincer movement
post
POW
pre-war
prisoner
prisoner of war
Purple Heart
push
putsch
PX
quarter
quartermaster
quell
raid(n)
raid(v)
rank
rebellion
recapture
reconnaissance
reconnoitre
recruit(v)
recruit(n)
reinforce
relieve
Remembrance Day
repel
requisition
retake
retire
retreat(v)
retreat(n)
review(n)
review(v)
ribbon
sabre-rattling
sally
salute(v)
salute(n)
salvo
samurai
scorched earth policy
scout(n)
scout(v)
scramble
second lieutenant
sentinel
sentry
sentry box
sergeant
sergeant major
serviceman
servicewoman
Sgt.
shell
shelling
siege
skirmish
staff officer
staging area
standard-issue
star
station(n)
station(v)
strategic
strategist
strategy
stripe
stronghold
superpower
suppress
surgical strike
surrender(v)
surrender(n)
tactical
target(n)
target(v)
task force
tattoo
theatre
trench warfare
tripwire
truce
turret
unarmed
unoccupied
valour
veteran
volunteer(n)
volunteer(v)
war chest
war crime
war cry
war dance
war effort
warfare
warhorse
warlike
warlord
war memorial
warmonger
warrant officer
warring
warrior
war-torn
war widow
war zone
wounded
zero hour
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military2
the military
[also + plural verb British English]
He was never tempted to join the military.
The military were sent in to break up the demonstration.WORD FOCUS: army 
similar words: armed forces, the military, the services
people in the army: soldier, troops, infantry, G.I. AmE old-fashioned, squaddy British English
to join the army: join up/enlist
to leave the army: be discharged, desert (without permission)
go A.W.O.L. (without permission)
to make people serve in the armed forces: call up British English/draft American English
the system of making people serve in the armed forces: conscription, military service, the draft American English, national service British English
relating to the armed forces: militaryarmy
➔ See also army

similar words: armed forces, the military, the services
people in the army: soldier, troops, infantry, G.I. AmE old-fashioned, squaddy British English
to join the army: join up/enlist
to leave the army: be discharged, desert (without permission)
go A.W.O.L. (without permission)
to make people serve in the armed forces: call up British English/draft American English
the system of making people serve in the armed forces: conscription, military service, the draft American English, national service British English
relating to the armed forces: militaryarmy
➔ See also army