military academy

NOUN

military school

Synonyms

STRONGEST

naval academy

WEAK

general staff school military college officer candidate school service academy service school

Example Sentences

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In 2011 the U.S. discovered that Osama bin Laden was hiding less than a mile from Pakistan’s leading military academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

After graduating from the military academy, he served in the country's air force for a year before South and North Yemen united in 1990.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

At the time, Stanstead was a military academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

They shared a hometown and had started out together at the military academy.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

He was a very old man when I knew him, but as a young lieutenant just out of military academy he had been assigned to General Miles and he served in the Chief Joseph campaign.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck