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as in commandant
one in official command especially of a military force or base
a surrender of the fort by the commander without a single shot having been fired
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as in captain
a person in overall command of a ship
the intrepid commander of the HMS Surprise
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Then, Israel killed Hezbollah's top military commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike in Beirut.
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
For Khamenei, his loss was as consequential, if not more so, than the US assassination of the IRGC extraterritorial Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, in a January 2020 US drone strike in Baghdad.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
That came after days of intense bombing that killed several of the group’s commanders, while on Monday night Israel stepped up its campaign by sending troops into southern Lebanon.
—Henry Meyer and Marissa Newman / Bloomberg, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
How a lack of resources affects responses The Navajo Nation Police Department employs 171 officers, including commanders, sergeants and lieutenants, and there are about 350 schools on the Navajo Nation that authorities are in charge of protecting.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
For Khamenei, his loss was as consequential, if not more so, than the US assassination of the IRGC extraterritorial Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, in a January 2020 US drone strike in Baghdad.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
That came after days of intense bombing that killed several of the group’s commanders, while on Monday night Israel stepped up its campaign by sending troops into southern Lebanon.
—Henry Meyer and Marissa Newman / Bloomberg, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
How a lack of resources affects responses The Navajo Nation Police Department employs 171 officers, including commanders, sergeants and lieutenants, and there are about 350 schools on the Navajo Nation that authorities are in charge of protecting.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commander. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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