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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| military | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| armaments | /xx | 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 | /xxxx/ | 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 | /xxxx | 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 |
