armed forces
plural noun
: the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation
called also armed services
Examples of armed forces in a Sentence
our nation's armed forces are stationed throughout the world
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Amid the Israel-Hamas war, Greene was the first Republican to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, which Israel has denied, and urged her colleagues to support an end to supplying weapons to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's armed forces.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Jonathan Carley, from the Harlech area of Gwynedd in northern Wales, has been charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the mark of the UK’s armed forces without permission, according to the UK’s PA Media news agency.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Indian armed forces patrolling the streets in Pahalgam in the Himalayan region of Kashmir in April after a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
Ukraine's military says more than 70,000 women were serving in the country's armed forces as of January.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Jonathan Carley, from the Harlech area of Gwynedd in northern Wales, has been charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the mark of the UK’s armed forces without permission, according to the UK’s PA Media news agency.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Indian armed forces patrolling the streets in Pahalgam in the Himalayan region of Kashmir in April after a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
Ukraine's military says more than 70,000 women were serving in the country's armed forces as of January.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Armed forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armed%20forces. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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