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Definition: Military Action |
Military ActionNoun1. A military engagement; "he saw action in Korea". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Military ActionSynonym: action (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Military Action |
| English words defined with "military action": action ♦ combat pilot, Congressional Medal of Honor ♦ defence, defense, defensive measure, disengagement, Distinguished Service Order, drumhead court-martial ♦ electronic warfare, EW ♦ fallback ♦ inactive, inter-Service support ♦ Medal of Honor, military operation ♦ neutralise, neutralize ♦ operation, Order of the Purple Heart ♦ police action, preparedness, pullout, Purple Heart ♦ readiness, reserve, resistance ♦ sally, Silver Star, Silver Star Medal, sortie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "military action": COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT ♦ estimate of the situation ♦ FIELD ARTILLERY SENIOR SERGEANT, First Special Service Force ♦ Green Berets ♦ phase line ♦ safe haven, SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR, strategic concept ♦ US Army Special Forces. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It means that the last military action in Chechnya in 1999-2000 called the second Chechen war has resulted in 4,000 disabled. (references) | |
Market demand for security and safety equipment has grown consistently ever since the U.S. military action of 1989, when the Noriega military establishment was dismantled and the old police force totally reorganized. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Senegal | The marches were intended to protest U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the September 11 terrorist attacks. (references) |
Afghanistan | In addition, on September 25, Iranian newspapers reported that 248 Afghans who had fled from Afghanistan because of fears of a U.S.-led military action on the country were arrested and returned to Afghanistan. (references) | |
Morocco | In October the Party for Justice and Democracy, an Islamist-oriented political party, requested permission for a demonstration in downtown Rabat to protest military action in Afghanistan by the international counter-terrorism coalition. (references) | |
Economic History | Kuwait | Through U.S. efforts, a multinational coalition was assembled, and, under UN auspices, initiated military action against Iraq to liberate Kuwait. (references) |
Azerbaijan | However, in September 1991, Moscow declared it would no longer support Azerbaijani military action in N-K. Armenian militants then stepped up the violence. (references) | |
Andorra | In the 11th century, fearing military action by neighboring lords, the bishop placed himself under the protection of the Lord of Caboet, a Spanish nobleman. (references) | |
Human Rights | Indonesia | The students were protesting U.S. military action in Afghanistan. (references) |
Pakistan | The protestors, who mainly were Afghan refugees, were protesting military action in Afghanistan. (references) | |
Nigeria | Several hours after the conclusion of a peaceful demonstration against U.S. military action in Afghanistan, rioting broke out in the largest marketplace in the city of Kano. (references) | |
Minorities | Iraq | There is evidence that the Government has compelled this reidentification to encourage Yazidis to join in domestic military action against Muslim Kurds. (references) |
Political Economy | Pakistan | Negotiations to form a coalition government broke down and in March 1971 a brutal military action was unleashed on East Pakistan. (references) |
Sudan | In 2000 northern Muslim opposition groups under the NDA umbrella structure, which includes the SPLA, took military action against the Government. (references) | |
Political Rights | Afghanistan | On October 7, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), a U.S.-led coalition, began a military action aimed at toppling the Taliban regime and eliminating the al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan. (references) |
Travel | Russia | Conditions in Chechnya and surrounding areas are extremely dangerous due to continued military action and political tension in the area and the State Department has issued a permanent warning against traveling to this area. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Robin Cook | I felt that we were wrong at the present time to go into military action right now. And I wanted us to be against that and vote against that. And you don't come to that, of course, with any integrity unless you leave the government. That's why I did it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our adversaries are encouraged to attempt new adventures while our own ability to monitor events and to influence events short of military action is undermined. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | But now we face a broader and more fundamental challenge in this region because of the recent military action of the Soviet Union. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | While the most visible military action is in Afghanistan, America is acting elsewhere. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
military action figure | 77 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "military action"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Kampfmaßnahme. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | katonai akció. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 焦臭い (burning or scorched smell, imminent military action, suspicious). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | きなくさい (burning or scorched smell, imminent military action, suspicious). (various references) | ||||
Manx | cah (battle). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ilitarymay actionay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-r-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: antimilitary. | |
-3 letters: aromaticity, criminality, lacrimation, rationality. | |
-4 letters: citational, initiatory, limitation, tinctorial, tractional. | |
-5 letters: acylation, amorality, animality, atonality, cantorial, carnality, ciliation, imitation, initiator, lactation, laminator, limonitic, manicotti, militancy, militaria, mortality, mortician, normality, triatomic, triclinia, trinomial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 6C 69 74 61 72 79 41 63 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i l i t a r y   A c t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 006C 0069 0074 0061 0072 0079 0041 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47757875866784912356986758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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