Related Words for armed forces

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WordSyllablesCategories
military
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Adjective, Noun
armaments
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Noun
militias
x/x
Noun
paramilitary
xx/xxx
Adjective
forces
/x
Noun
armies
/x
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
services
/xx
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
brigade
x/
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun
active duty
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
parade
x/
Noun
troops
/
Noun
munition
x/x
Noun
front
/
Noun
legion
/x
Noun
war effort
//x
Phrase, Noun
battle line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
rearguard
/x
Noun
civil defense
/xx/
Name, Name
tactics
/x
Noun
ordnance
/x
Noun
investment
x/x
Noun
order of battle
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
succour
//
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
military police
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Phrase, Noun
regiment
/xx
Noun
class
/
Noun
fire brigade
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
muster
/x
Noun
invasion
x/x
Noun
infantry
/xx
Noun
array
x/
Noun
militarism
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Noun
war machine
/x/
Phrase, Noun
defence
x/
Noun
squads
/
Noun
strike force
//
Phrase, Noun
parties
/x
Noun
picket
/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
enemy combatant
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
war party
//x
Phrase, Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun
arms race
//
Phrase, Noun
battle
/x
Noun
axis
/x
Noun
martial art
/x/
Phrase, Noun
patrol
x/
Noun
file
/
Noun
alert
x/
Noun
reconnaissance in force
x/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
boot camp
//
Phrase, Noun
line of march
///
Name, Name
list
/
Noun
special forces
/x/x
Name, Name
declaration of war
xx/x//
Phrase, Noun
war game
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
corps
/
Noun
martial law
/x/
Phrase, Noun
present
/x
Noun
demonstration
xx/x
Noun
striking distance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
league
/
Noun
alarm
x/
Noun
strategy
/xx
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
maneuver
x/x
Noun
draft
/
Noun
forced march
//
Phrase, Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
police
x/
Noun
belligerent
x/xx
Noun
commandos
x/x
Noun
advance guard
x//
Phrase, Noun
siege
/
Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
gunfire
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun
zone of action
///x
Phrase, Noun
occupation
xx/x
Noun
push
/
Noun
game
/
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
fire service
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
manual
/xx
Noun
requisition
xx/x
Noun
suppression
x/x
Noun
battalion
x/x
Noun
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
chemical warfare
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
detachment
x/x
Noun
antiterrorism
xxxxxx
Noun
synchronization
xxx/x
Noun
detail
x/
Noun
firing squad
/x/
Phrase, Noun
camouflage
/xx
Noun
expedition
xx/x
Noun
war footing
//x
Phrase, Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
state of war
///
Phrase, Noun
tasking
/x
Noun
arsenals
/xx
Noun
company
/xx
Noun
theater of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
council of war
/x//
Phrase, Noun
peacekeeping
/xx
Noun
demilitarized zone
x/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
civil war
/x/
Name, Name
fire alarm
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
abortive
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
activated
/xxx
Adjective
actors
/x
Adjective
affairs
x/
Noun
agencies
/xx
Noun
agents
/x
Noun
airfields
/x
Noun
allies
/x
Noun
armored
/x
Adjective
authorities
x/xx
Noun
barbed
/
Adjective
binds
/
Verb
bodies
/x
Verb
bristled
/x
Adjective
bristly
/x
Adjective
bushel
/x
Noun, Verb
capabilities
xx/xx
Noun
carries
/x
Verb
chechen
/x
Name, Adjective
clawed
/
Adjective
cocked
/
Adjective
compels
x/
Verb
components
x/x
Verb
computers
x/x
Noun
conditions
x/x
Noun
contingents
x/x
Noun
cornered
/x
Adjective
counterrevolutionary
xxxx/xxx
Adjective, Noun
crowds
/
Noun
cryptographic
/x/x
Adjective
delegations
xx/x
Noun
demoralized
x/xx
Adjective
desires
x/x
Adjective
dictionary
/xxx
Noun, Verb
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
disarmament
x/xx
Noun
divisions
x/x
Noun
efforts
/x
Noun
elements
/xx
Noun
embassies
/xx
Noun
enemy
/xx
Noun, Verb
energies
/xx
Verb
engines
/x
Verb
environments
x/xx
Verb
equipment
x/x
Noun
equipped
x/
Adjective
escort
x/
Noun, Verb
eyed
/
Adjective
faced
/
Adjective
factions
/x
Adjective
factors
/x
Noun
fields
/
Noun
fighters
/x
Noun
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
fleets
/
Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
gallant
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gallon
/x
Noun
garrisons
/xx
Noun
gestalt
xx
Noun
groupings
/x
Noun
groups
/
Noun
guerrillas
x/x
Noun
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gunman
/x
Noun
gunners
/x
Noun
handed
/x
Adjective
headed
/x
Adjective
headquarters
/xx
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
heeled
/
Adjective
helicopter
/xxx
Noun, Verb
hostile
/x
Adjective, Noun
hostility
x/xx
Noun
hutu
/x
Name
impels
x/
Verb
imposes
x/x
Verb
inch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
influences
/xxx
Verb
ingredients
x/xx
Verb
insurgents
x/x
Noun
invisible
x/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
jun
/
Name
law
/
Noun, Verb
legged
/x
Adjective, Noun
loads
/
Adverb
makes
/
Verb
marauding
x/x
Noun, Adjective
martial
/x
Noun, Adjective
men
/
Noun
militants
/xx
Noun
militarized
/xxx
Adjective
militiamen
x/xx
Noun
moo
/
Noun, Verb
movements
/x
Verb
naval
/x
Adjective, Name
navies
/x
Noun
obligates
/xx
Verb
obliges
x/x
Verb
officers
/xx
Verb
operations
xx/x
Verb
organs
/x
Noun
packed
/
Adjective
panels
/x
Noun
passenger
/xx
Noun, Verb
peacekeepers
/xx
Noun
personnel
xx/
Noun
play
/
Verb, Noun
players
/x
Noun
populace
/xx
Noun
pound
/
Noun, Verb
pounders
/x
Noun
powerful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
powers
/x
Noun
presences
/xx
Noun
prickly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
prisons
/x
Noun
quotas
/x
Noun
ranks
/
Noun, Verb
rearmament
x/xx
Noun
rebels
/x
Noun
reinforced
xx/
Adjective
reinforcements
xx/x
Noun
requires
x/x
Verb
resources
/xx
Noun
robust
x/
Adjective
seater
/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sided
/x
Adjective, Verb
sil
/
Name
simile
/xx
Noun
soldiers
/x
Noun
spiny
/x
Noun, Adjective
spoke
/
Verb, Noun
static
/x
Adjective, Noun
strapped
/
Adjective
strengths
/
Noun
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
strongman
/x
Noun
tailed
/
Adjective