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military

[mil-i-ter-ee] / ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i /


NOUN
armed force
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
noncombatants


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Kim vowed an "exponential" increase in nuclear military capabilities on Wednesday as he visited a new atomic facility, Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Francis is Hegseth’s military assistant—and that’s his key credential as far as the self-named “secretary of war” is concerned.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

The risks and threats to the UK are greater now than at any time since the Cold War, the head of the military has said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The strike came after the U.S. military had disabled a ship it said was headed to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

After class I played with President Davis’s daughters, nicknamed Dit, Dot, and Dash—the same as the Morse code signals the military used to communicate— because they were such busybodies.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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