as in commanders
one in official command especially of a military force or base
the commandant of a naval district
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And so came, with American approval, the June 2025 12-day war in which Israel demolished Iranian air defenses, killed dozens of senior commanders and scientists, and, together with a one-day American intervention, smashed Iranian nuclear sites.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
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Their exact location is known only to a small group of officials, including the prime minister and senior naval commanders.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Commandants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandants. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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