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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| line of fire | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| line of march | /// | Name, Name |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| return fire | x//x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| picket | /x | Noun |
| striking distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing squad | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rallying point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| order of battle | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| artillery | x/xx | Noun |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun |
| front line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Noun |
| list | / | Noun |
| salvo | /x | Noun |
| round | / | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| shooting | /x | Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| rearguard | /x | Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| infantry | /xx | Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| fireball | /xx | Noun |
| file | / | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| tactics | /x | Noun |
| sortie | /x | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| reserve | x/ | Noun |
| maneuver | x/x | Noun |
| skirmish | /x | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| ordnance | /x | Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| fire brigade | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| platoon | x/ | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| battle cry | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mark | / | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| shotgun | /x | Noun |
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| invitation | xx/x | Noun |
| patrol | x/ | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| war cry | // | Phrase, Noun |
| siege | / | Noun |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gunshot | /x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| regiment | /xx | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| drill | / | Noun |
| game | / | Noun |
| zone of action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| demilitarized zone | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| troop | / | Noun |
| turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| synchronization | xxx/x | Noun |
| target | /x | Noun |
| muster | /x | Noun |
| push | / | Noun |
| spearhead | /x | Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| militia | x/x | Noun |
| tasking | /x | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| party | /x | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| advance guard | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| pullout | /x | Noun |
| battalion | x/x | Noun |
| brigade | x/ | Noun |
| fight | / | Noun |
| armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
| war drum | // | Phrase, Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun |
| drive | / | Noun |
| war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| accord | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| activity | x/xx | Noun |
| adaptation | xx/x | Noun |
| adapting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| adherence | x/x | Noun |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| adjustment | x/x | Noun |
| agreed | x/ | Adjective |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airline | /x | Noun |
| airliner | /xx | Noun |
| airway | /x | Noun |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| alleging | x/x | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| angling | /x | Noun |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| assembly line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| babbitt | /x | Name, Verb |
| baking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| battery | /xx | Noun |
| beating | /x | Noun |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| biz | / | Noun |
| blasting | /x | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| boiler | /x | Noun |
| boiling | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bombardment | x/x | Noun |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bottom line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| boundaries | /xx | Noun |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burning | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carriageway | /xx | Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| category | /xxx | Noun |
| catering | /xx | Noun |
| ceasefire | //x | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| centerline | /xx | Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chalk | / | Noun, Verb |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chorus line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
| clearance | /x | Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| coax | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| coherence | x/x | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| column | /x | Noun |
| combustion | x/x | Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| compatible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| compliance | x/x | Noun |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| computerised | x/xx | Adjective |
| computerized | x/xx | Adjective |
| concert | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concordance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| conformance | x/x | Noun |
| conformity | x/xx | Noun |
| conga line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| congruence | /xx | Noun |
| conjunction | x/x | Noun |
| connect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consensus | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| consistency | x/xx | Noun |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consisting | x/x | Verb |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| consumer credit | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| consuming | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| continental | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| contour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor belt | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| craft | / | Noun, Verb |
| crease | / | Noun, Verb |
| credit line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
| crib | / | Noun, Verb |
| crinkle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| crosswalk | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cue | / | Noun, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dateline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deactivation | x/x/x | Noun |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| decreasing | x/x | Noun |
| deformation | xx/x | Noun |
| delineate | x/xx | Verb |
| delineation | xxx/x | Noun |
