militarily
adverb
mil·i·tari·ly
ˌmi-lə-ˈter-ə-lē 
1
: in a military manner
2
: from a military standpoint
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In the United States, those advocates on the center left and center right share the view that a militarily powerful United States, with a large network of alliances, provides essential, pacifying leadership in global politics.
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The seizure of 52 American diplomats as hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran confronted Jimmy Carter with the question of whether to intervene militarily to free them.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
As Iran responds militarily to the United States’s bombing of its nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains out of sight and closely guarded.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2025
In the past, however, presidents of both parties have struck adversaries militarily without approval from Congress.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 22 June 2025
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Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The seizure of 52 American diplomats as hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran confronted Jimmy Carter with the question of whether to intervene militarily to free them.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
As Iran responds militarily to the United States’s bombing of its nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains out of sight and closely guarded.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2025
In the past, however, presidents of both parties have struck adversaries militarily without approval from Congress.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 22 June 2025
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militarily
adverb
mil·i·tari·ly
ˌmil-ə-ˈter-ə-lē
1
: in a military manner
2
: from a military standpoint
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