SERVICEWOMEN Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

servicewomen

noun

plural of servicewoman

as in servicemen

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Should Trump decide to change course on Iran, he – and others – may think that the money, effort and lives of 19 American servicemen killed in the conflict would have been spent with no obvious objective achieved.

— Javed Ali, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Russia’s defense ministry said the attack targeted Ukrainian military units around ‌Komyshuvakha and two other settlements, and that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were killed.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of servicemen

Noun

Given the global deployment of US troops and the frequency of its use of force, the fear was that the ICC would make US officials and soldiers vulnerable, and would reduce its freedom of military action.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
The Army officer who directly supervised Wes Moore in Afghanistan says the Maryland governor never led soldiers in combat and had no troops assigned to him.

— Drew Sullins, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of soldiers

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to pull its troops back from four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed in September 2022 but has never fully captured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
However, Ukraine's figures come on the heels of Russian government data that was reportedly hacked from statistics department Rosstat indicating that as many as 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since the war started on February 24, 2022.

— Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of troops

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The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted a Hamas commander and other militants, without providing evidence.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
The Israeli military said its presence in and around the buffer zone is needed to defend its northern border from Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group backed by Iran that fought closely alongside Assad during Syria’s 13-year civil war.

— Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

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