military
Example Sentences
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Hawkins was under seige, with Rifts - or dimensional tears - opening up, letting in terrifying Demogorgons from the Upside Down, while the town was under military quarantine.
From BBC
But then, as December came around, she suddenly called, asking us to pick her up from the military base—surprising us a week before Christmas.
ISTANBUL—Senior military leaders of Libya’s government in Tripoli were killed when their jet crashed Tuesday soon after taking off from an airport in Turkey’s capital, Libyan and Turkish officials said.
But after taking a closer look, the court concluded it referred to the regular military forces.
From Los Angeles Times
"At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois," the court said in an unsigned order.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.