MILITARY ACTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does military action mean?
• MILITARY ACTION (noun)
The noun MILITARY ACTION has 1 sense:
1. a military engagement
Familiarity information: MILITARY ACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MILITARY ACTION (noun)
Meaning:
A military engagement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
military action; action
Context example:
he saw action in Korea
Hypernyms ("military action" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military action"):
amphibious landing (a military action of coordinated land and sea and air forces organized for an invasion)
sally; sortie (a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position)
saber rattling; sabre rattling (the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used))
resistance (the military action of resisting the enemy's advance)
police action (a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order)
electronic warfare; EW (military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum)
defence; defense; defensive measure (military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies)
blockade; encirclement (a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy)
battle; conflict; engagement; fight (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
