Glossary of Military Vocabulary (war and peace, military activities)
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Glossary of Military Vocabulary (war and peace, military activities)
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aerial warfarefighting a war using airplanes | |
ambushto attack someone from a concealed position | |
annexto take control over the land and to incorporate it into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city | |
annihilationtotal destruction | |
assaulta violent attack | |
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battlean encounter between opposing forces; armed fighting; combat | |
besiegeto surround with hostile forces | |
biological warfareusing germs to cause disease among enemy soldiers or corps | |
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campaigna series of military operations undertaken to achieve a large-scale objective during a war | |
captureto take captive, as by force or craft; seize | |