armed forces
Example Sentences
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It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack but MSF said: "The government of South Sudan armed forces are the only armed party with the capacity to perform aerial attacks in the country."
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The US and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level dialogue between their armed forces.
From BBC
Even without allies, Lithuania’s own armed forces—17,000 in peacetime and 58,000 after an immediate mobilization—would have been able to deal with a limited threat to Marijampole, he said.
Britain's former head of the armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has warned that the architecture and frameworks that helped keep the world safe "now risks unravelling".
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He was also described as a "private" and an "army skier" in a 2023 article published by his club, CSKA, which is affiliated with the Russian armed forces.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.