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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| insurgency | x/xx | Noun |
| counterterrorism | /xxxxx | Noun |
| peacekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| insurgents | x/x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| pacification | xxx/x | Noun |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| counterintelligence | xxx/xx | Noun |
| peacemaking | /xx | Noun |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| statecraft | /x | Noun |
| guerilla | x/x | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| policing | x/x | Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| invasion | x/x | Noun |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| conquest | /x | Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| intifada | xx/x | Noun |
| countermeasure | /xxx | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| special forces | /x/x | Name, Name |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| incursion | x/x | Noun |
| investment | x/x | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| revolt | x/ | Noun |
| maneuver | x/x | Noun |
| succour | // | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| exit strategy | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| commando | x/x | Noun |
| rout | / | Noun |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| reconnaissance in force | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| coup | / | Noun |
| infantry | /xx | Noun |
| synchronization | xxx/x | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| coup de main | /// | Name, Name |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| war of independence | //xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| power struggle | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| police action | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| pullout | /x | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| sabotage | /xx | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| concealment | x/x | Noun |
| camouflage | /xx | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| patrol | x/ | Noun |
| ambush | /x | Noun |
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| strategy | /xx | Noun |
| war of nerves | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| gang war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| turf war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun |
| psychological warfare | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| capture | /x | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| terror | /x | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| foray | /x | Noun |
| manhunt | /x | Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| linn | / | Name |
| royalist | /xx | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| guatemala | xx/x | Name |
| malaya | x/x | Name |
| trained | / | Verb |
| assistant | x/x | Noun |
| successful | x/x | Adjective |
| thailand | /x | Name |
| civic | /x | Adjective |
| prose | / | Noun |
| philippines | /xx | Name |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| iraq | x/ | Name |
| vietnam | xx/ | Name |
| effective | x/x | Adjective |
| british | /x | Adjective |
| urban | /x | Adjective |
| weapons | /x | Noun |
| techniques | x/ | Noun |
| emphasis | /xx | Noun |
| involved | x/ | Verb |
| also | /x | Adverb |
| approach | x/ | Noun |
| requires | x/x | Verb |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| security | x/xx | Noun |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| concept | /x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| became | x/ | Verb |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| american | x/xx | Adjective |
| see | / | Verb |
| methods | /x | Noun |
| program | /x | Noun |
| support | x/ | Noun |
| principles | /xx | Noun |
| campaigns | x/ | Noun |
| efforts | /x | Noun |
| measures | /x | Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| busting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cartel | x/ | Noun |
| colonialism | x/xxxx | Noun |
| colonisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| colonization | xxx/x | Noun |
| counterrevolutionary | xxxx/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| diversionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| enforcement | x/x | Noun |
| entrepreneurs | xxx/ | Noun |
| espionage | /xxx | Noun |
| expeditionary | xx/xxx | Name, Adjective |
| genocidal | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| industrialization | xxxxx/x | Noun |
| interventionist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| led | / | Adjective, Noun |
| modernisation | /xx/x | Noun |
| mutiny | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| policymaking | /xxxx | Noun |
| rebel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| rebellion | x/x | Noun |
| retailing | /xx | Noun |
| tourism | /xx | Noun |
| unionism | /xxx | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
