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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After those incidents, the parliament voted to allow the armed forces to shoot down any unmanned drone violating its airspace.
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Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Italy Italy’s armed forces include about 289,000 personnel, supported by a defense budget of roughly 31 billion dollars.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Putin said Ukraine’s armed forces had a grave lack of manpower and desertions, while Russia had enough soldiers.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, George Bush and others all used the armed forces to keep domestic order in peace.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Italy Italy’s armed forces include about 289,000 personnel, supported by a defense budget of roughly 31 billion dollars.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Putin said Ukraine’s armed forces had a grave lack of manpower and desertions, while Russia had enough soldiers.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, George Bush and others all used the armed forces to keep domestic order in peace.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for armed forces
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“Armed forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armed%20forces. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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