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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| defense | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| human shield | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| militia | x/x | Noun |
| armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
| defence | x/ | Noun |
| championship | /xxx | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| collateral damage | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| concealment | x/x | Noun |
| civil disobedience | /xxx/xx | Name, Name |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| police action | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| duty to retreat | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| peacekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| stand | / | Noun |
| war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| martial law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| soft target | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| defense in depth | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| counterinsurgency | xxx/xx | Noun |
| defense mechanism | x//xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| deferment | x/x | Noun |
| alert | x/ | Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| investment | x/x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| troops | / | Noun |
| fire alarm | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| damage control | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| red alert | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| military police | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| war of independence | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| draft | / | Noun |
| active duty | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| succour | // | Noun |
| countermeasure | /xxx | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| cause of action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| army | /x | Noun |
| vigil | /x | Noun |
| chivalry | /xx | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| scarecrow | /x | Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| force de frappe | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun |
| law of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| false flag | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| day in court | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| acquittal | x/x | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| rearguard | /x | Noun |
| class warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Noun |
| fire brigade | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| concealed carry | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| duress | /x | Noun |
| declaration of war | xx/x// | Phrase, Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| abm | /// | Name |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| admiralty | /xxx | Noun |
| advocacy | /xxx | Noun |
| advocate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| against | x/ | Verb |
| air defense | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| alibi | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| antiaircraft | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| antidumping | xx/x | Adjective |
| antipoverty | xx/xx | Adjective |
| apologia | x/xxx | Noun |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| attorney | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| bailiff | /x | Noun |
| bastion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bourgeois | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| burger | /x | Noun |
| calendar | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cantonal | /xx | Adjective |
| capacity | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| central | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| championing | /xxx | Noun |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| citizen | /xx | Noun |
| citizenship | /xxx | Noun |
| civic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| civilian | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| civilised | /xx | Adjective |
| civilization | xxx/x | Noun |
| civilized | /xx | Adjective |
| colonial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compensation | xx/x | Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conversion | x/x | Noun |
| coordinating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| cos | / | Noun |
| counsel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| courteous | /xx | Adjective |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| damages | /xx | Noun |
| defend | x/ | Verb |
| defendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| defender | x/x | Noun |
| demurrer | x/x | Noun |
| denial | x/x | Noun |
| department of defense | x/xxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| destroyer | x/x | Noun |
| deterrent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| disqualification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| dod | / | Name, Verb |
| domestic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ecclesiastic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| eligibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| emergency | x/xx | Noun |
| enforcement | x/x | Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exile | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fastness | /x | Noun |
| federal | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| federalists | /xxx | Noun |
| fielding | /x | Noun |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| folk | / | Noun, Adjective |
| football | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| fortification | xxx/x | Noun |
| fortress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| freedoms | /x | Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| guarantee | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| guarantor | xx/ | Noun |
| guaranty | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| guilty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| gun | / | Noun, Verb |
| han | / | Name |
| help | / | Verb, Noun |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| idealization | x/xx/x | Noun |
| independent | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| individual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| insurgency | x/xx | Noun |
| internal | x/x | Adjective |
| jewish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| judicial | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| karate | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| lawyer | /x | Noun, Verb |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| line of defense | //x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| livelihood | /xx | Noun |
| local | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| mainland | /x | Noun |
| management | /xx | Noun |
| manorial | x/xx | Adjective |
| marital | /xx | Adjective |
| marketing | /xx | Noun |
| matrimonial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mechanism | /xxx | Noun |
| mediator | /xxx | Noun |
| ming | / | Name, Verb |
| mining | /x | Noun |
| missile | /x | Noun |
| mod | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| month | / | Noun |
| motifs | x/ | Noun |
| municipal | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| munition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| national | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| nongovernmental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| nonmilitary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| official | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pentagon | /xx | Name |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| plain | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| plainclothes | // | Noun, Adjective |
| poets | /x | Noun |
| pol | / | Noun |
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| polite | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| popular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| population | xx/x | Noun |
| precautionary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| preparedness | x/xx | Noun |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| prevention | x/x | Noun |
| preventive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| private | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| projection | x/x | Noun |
| promotion | x/x | Noun |
| prosecution | xx/x | Noun |
| protection | x/x | Noun |
| protective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| provincial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| pubic | /x | Adjective |
| public | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| rationalisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| rationalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| rebuttal | x/x | Noun |
| refutation | xx/x | Noun |
| regression | x/x | Noun |
| regulation | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| religious | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| remedial | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
