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Related topics:PM the system in which every adult, or every male adult, in a country has to spend a period of time in the army, navy, or air force [↪ draft]:
WORD FOCUS: army 
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
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
