rescue
deliverance
delivery
saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
| search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
| rescue operation | an operation organized to free from danger or confinement |
| search | an investigation seeking answers, a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing, the outcome justified the search |
| search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas, right of search |
search
hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
combat
armed combat | an engagement fought between two military forces |
| combat mission | a mission to capture or defend something |
| search mission | a mission to discover something |
| search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
tactical intelligence
combat intelligence | intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations |
fight fighting
combat scrap | the act of fighting, any contest or struggle, a fight broke out at the hockey game, there was fighting in the streets, the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap |
| single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
| air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
| cargo helicopter | a helicopter that carries cargo |
helicopter
chopper whirlybird
eggbeater | an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades |
| rescue equipment | equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency |
| shuttle helicopter | a helicopter that shuttles back and forth |
| singleotor helicopter | a helicopter having a single rotor |
| surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
tank army tank
armored combat vehicle
armoured combat vehicle | an enclosed armored military vehicle, has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads |
warship
war vessel
combat ship | a government ship that is available for waging war |
combat ceiling
service ceiling | altitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate |
| freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
| right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them |
| search | the examination of alternative hypotheses, his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful |
| search warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court, the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search |
| search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |
command language
query language
search language | a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed |
battle damage
combat casualty | loss of military equipment in battle |
wound
injury combat injury | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat |
Salafist Group
Salafast Group for Call and Combat
GSPC | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group, now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government, a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa |
Air Combat Command
ACC | a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force, operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft |
| rescue party | a party of rescuers |
| search party | a party of people to search for someone |
combat zone
combat area | a military area where combat forces operate |
| combat zone tenderloin | a city district known for its vice and high crime rate |
| combat pilot | airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces |
| combat pay | extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat |
search
lookup | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property, they wrote a program to do a table lookup |
battle fatigue
combat fatigue
combat neurosis
shell shock | a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare |
research
search
explore | inquire into, the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project, He searched for information on his relatives on the web, Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness |
battle
combat | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle, The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq, We must combat the prejudices against other races, they battled over the budget |
search
seek
look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of, The police are searching for clues, They are searching for the missing man in the entire county |
| search | subject to a search, The police searched the suspect, We searched the whole house for the missing keys |
| strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes, He was strip-searched at the airport |
search
look | search or seek, We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest, Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! |
| rescue | take forcibly from legal custody, rescue prisoners |