a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.
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the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Used in the same subject area: History, Military history.the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.an engagement fought between two military forces
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, forces, nation, largest, region.marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
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