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military action

n. a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" [syn: action]

Usage examples of "military action".

That said, the British are sticklers about international law and often have a much higher legal threshold for military action against Iraq than does the United States.

The success of a military action depends not on them, but on the man in the ranks who shouts, 'We are lost!

As late as the turn of the Millennium, most military organizations were motivated by national patriotism, and the 'Laws of War' were treated either as a joke, as unwanted restrictions on military action, or, as in the case of the infamous 'War Crimes' trials following World War II, as a means of retaliation against a defeated enemy.

Twenty-two interceptor aircraft went airborne in the event of military action from Cuba.

Now with the prospect of military action only five or six days away, Tenet told the presiĀ­.