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military operation

NOUN

warfare

Synonyms

STRONGEST

battle campaigning clash combat competition discord fighting rivalry strife struggle war

STRONG

arms blows contest counterinsurgency emulation hostilities strategy striving tug-of-war

WEAK

armed struggle passage of arms

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ceasefire peace surrender truce

WEAK

harmony

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Oil prices erased most of their earlier gains on Monday morning after Iran signaled that it had concluded the latest military operation against Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The same office last month charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an Army special-forces soldier, with trading illegally on information he had learned about the U.S. military operation to remove former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

"Even though we're doing what we're doing, which is ridiculous," he said of the military operation.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

US President Donald Trump has said the military operation to guide stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused just two days after he announced it.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Like a military operation, it had many troops but only one commander.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

military operation

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