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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| martial law | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| marching orders | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| declaration of war | xx/x// | Phrase, Noun |
| demonstration | xx/x | Noun |
| guerrilla | x/x | Noun |
| invasion | x/x | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| coup de main | /// | Name, Name |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| swatting | /x | Verb |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| patrol | x/ | Noun |
| counterinsurgency | xxx/xx | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| compulsion | x/x | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| war party | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| ambush | /x | Noun |
| civil defense | /xx/ | Name, Name |
| operation | xx/x | Noun |
| diversion | x/x | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| warring | /x | Noun |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| pullout | /x | Noun |
| deterrence | x/x | Noun |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| revolt | x/ | Noun |
| incitement | x/x | Noun |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| troops | / | Noun |
| military police | /xxxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| surgical strike | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| ruse de guerre | /x | Phrase, Noun |
| law of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| council of war | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| militarism | /xxxx | Noun |
| occupation | xx/x | Noun |
| contraband of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| stratagem | /xx | Noun |
| terror | /x | Noun |
| concealment | x/x | Noun |
| foray | /x | Noun |
| zone of action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| special forces | /x/x | Name, Name |
| forced march | // | Phrase, Noun |
| involuntary manslaughter | x/xxx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| piracy | /xx | Noun |
| war footing | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| false flag | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| war effort | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| cheap shot | // | Phrase, Noun |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| barroom brawl | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| interdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| commando | x/x | Noun |
| coup | / | Noun |
| succour | // | Noun |
| black bag operation | //xx/x | Name, Name |
| casus belli | xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| banditry | /xx | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| alarm | x/ | Noun |
| war crime | // | Phrase, Noun |
| escalation | xx/x | Noun |
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| accomplishment | x/xx | Noun |
| achievement | x/x | Noun |
| acidification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| actio | /xx | Noun |
| actionable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| activism | /xxx | Noun |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| acton | /x | Name |
| actuation | /x/x | Noun |
| administrative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| admiralty | /xxx | Noun |
| adoption | x/x | Noun |
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| aeration | /xx | Noun |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| agenda | x/x | Noun |
| agents | /x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| appeal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrangements | x/x | Verb |
| arrest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| authorities | x/xx | Noun |
| badge | / | Noun, Verb |
| battle | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| behavior | x/x | Noun |
| behaviour | x/x | Noun |
| biz | / | Noun |
| blitz | / | Noun, Verb |
| blockade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| busyness | //x | Noun |
| called | / | Adjective |
| camera | /xx | Noun |
| campaign | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun |
| car | / | Noun |
| carabinieri | x/x/x | Noun |
| carrying out | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| censors | /x | Noun |
| centrifugation | x/x/x | Noun |
| change | / | Noun, Verb |
| chief | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| chromatography | xx/xx | Noun |
| civil | /x | Adjective, Name |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| clearance | /x | Noun |
| clotting | /x | Noun |
| clout | / | Noun, Verb |
| coagulation | x/x/x | Noun |
| cognizance | /xx | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| combat | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commissariat | /xxx/ | Noun |
| commissary | /xxx | Noun |
| commissioned | x/x | Noun |
| commissioners | x/xx | Noun |
| commitment | x/x | Noun |
| complaint | x/ | Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conceived | x/ | Verb |
| condensation | xx/x | Noun |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conflict | /x | Noun, Verb |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| constable | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| constabulary | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| consular | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| consultation | xx/x | Noun |
| contingency | x/xx | Noun |
| continuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| continued | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| contrary | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| contribution | xx/x | Noun |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| convection | x/x | Noun |
| cop | / | Noun, Verb |
| coppers | /x | Verb |
| correctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| counterclaim | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| countermeasures | /xxx | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| curdling | /x | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| dare | / | Verb, Noun |
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| deed | / | Noun, Verb |
| defence | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| defense | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| degree | x/ | Noun |
| delivered | x/x | Adjective |
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| department | x/x | Noun |
| deserters | /xx | Noun |
| desorption | x/x | Noun |
| detective | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| diffusion | x/x | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dissolution | xx/x | Noun |
| distillation | xx/x | Noun |
| divisional | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| duty | /x | Noun |
| economy | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| effect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| effervescence | xx/x | Noun |
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb |
| electrophoresis | xxxxxx | Noun |
| emphasizing | /xxx | Noun |
| employment | x/x | Noun |
| enactment | x/x | Noun |
| encirclement | x/xx | Noun |
| endeavour | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| energy | /xx | Noun |
| enforcement | x/x | Noun |
| enforcer | x/x | Noun |
| engagement | x/x | Noun |
| equities | /xx | Noun |
| eruption | x/x | Noun |
| establishment | x/xx | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ew | / | Name |
| excise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| executive | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| feds | / | Noun |
| feedback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fight | / | Verb, Noun |
| filtration | x/x | Noun |
| fireman | /x | Noun |
| flocculation | /x/x | Noun |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| focus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| followed | /x | Verb |
