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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| soft target | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| civil defense | /xx/ | Name, Name |
| scarecrow | /x | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| concealment | x/x | Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| collateral damage | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| countermeasure | /xxx | Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| camouflage | /xx | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| false flag | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| troops | / | Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Noun |
| picket | /x | Noun |
| firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun |
| defense | x/ | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| commando | x/x | Noun |
| friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| ambush | /x | Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| hostage | /x | Noun |
| mark | / | Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| salvo | /x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| prisoner of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| spearhead | /x | Noun |
| joker | /x | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| special forces | /x/x | Name, Name |
| rearguard | /x | Noun |
| succour | // | Noun |
| lookout | /x | Noun |
| guard | / | Noun |
| defense mechanism | x//xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| advance guard | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| psychological warfare | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| chivalry | /xx | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| target | /x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| stand | / | Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| surgical strike | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| bomb squad | // | Phrase, Noun |
| reconnaissance in force | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| rallying point | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| defense in depth | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| forlorn hope | x// | Phrase, Noun |
| serial | /xx | Noun |
| wait | / | Verb |
| interdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| contraband of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| fragmentation grenade | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| sabotage | /xx | Noun |
| counter | /x | Noun |
| theater of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| defence | x/ | Noun |
| profile | /x | Noun |
| vigil | /x | Noun |
| peacekeeping | /xx | Noun |
| militia | x/x | Noun |
| abacus | /xx | Noun |
| achiever | x/x | Noun |
| acquaintance | x/x | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| adjudicator | x/xxx | Noun |
| adult | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| adventurer | x/xx | Noun |
| adversary | /xxx | Noun |
| advocate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| aegis | /x | Noun |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| african | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| amateur | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| androgynous | x/xx | Adjective |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun |
| antagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| anthropogenic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| anthropoid | xx/ | Adjective, Noun |
| anthropomorphic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| ape | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| applicant | /xx | Noun |
| appointee | xx/ | Noun |
| appointment | x/x | Noun |
| armor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| armour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| artificial | xx/x | Adjective |
| attendant | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| baby | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| baby boomer | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| bad guy | // | Phrase, Noun |
| badge | / | Noun, Verb |
| baldy | /x | Name |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barricade | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beholder | x/x | Noun |
| being | /x | Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| blond | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blonde | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bod | / | Noun |
| bodily | /xx | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| boomer | /x | Noun |
| box | / | Noun, Verb |
| breastplate | /x | Noun |
| brunet | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| brunette | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| buckler | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulwark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bunker | /x | Noun, Verb |
| buster | /x | Noun |
| cage | / | Noun, Verb |
| candidate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| capitalist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| captor | /x | Noun |
| caring | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| caucasian | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| celebrant | /xx | Noun |
| celebrities | x/xx | Noun |
| championship | /xxx | Noun |
| charmer | /x | Noun |
| chassis | /x | Noun |
| chest | / | Noun, Verb |
| child | / | Noun, Verb |
| chimpanzee | x/x | Noun |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| cladding | /x | Noun |
| cloak | / | Noun, Verb |
| coat | / | Noun, Verb |
| collective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| common man | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| communicator | x/xxx | Noun |
| compassionate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| compulsive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| consumer | x/x | Noun |
| containment | x/x | Noun |
| contestant | x/x | Noun |
| copycat | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cordon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| creator | x/x | Noun |
| creature | /x | Noun |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
| cup | / | Noun, Verb |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| deck | / | Noun, Verb |
| defend | x/ | Verb |
| defender | x/x | Noun |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deliverer | x/xx | Noun |
| denizen | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| desert | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| differentiator | xx/xxx | Noun |
| disc | / | Noun, Verb |
| discriminator | x/xxx | Noun |
| disembodied | xx/x | Adjective |
| disguise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dissenter | x/x | Noun |
| dissident | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| doer | / | Noun |
| doormat | /x | Noun |
| double | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| droits | / | Noun |
| dun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dupe | / | Noun, Verb |
| duties | /x | Noun |
| dweller | /x | Noun |
| earlobe | /x | Noun |
| ecu | xx | Name |
| elizabethan | xxx/x | Name, Adjective |
| emblem | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enclosure | x/x | Noun |
| engineer | /x/ | Noun, Verb |
| entertainer | xx/x | Noun |
| equal | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| european | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| exempt | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| exonerate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| expert | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| explorer | x/x | Noun |
| exponent | /xx | Noun |
| facade | x/ | Noun |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| fallible | /xx | Adjective |
| façade | // | Noun |
| fee | / | Noun, Verb |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| female | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fiduciary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| field | / | Noun, Verb |
| fighter | /x | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flesh | / | Noun, Verb |
| follower | /xx | Noun |
| foot | / | Noun, Verb |
