capture gaining control seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
center field centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
center | a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game |
center | (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play, it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback |
center | the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game |
mission missionary work | the organized work of a religious missionary |
mission charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
mission impossible | an extremely dangerous or difficult mission |
suicide mission martyr operation sacrifice operation | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself, usually accomplished with a bomb |
control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
motor control | control of muscles |
birth control birth prevention family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
mission military mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters, the planes were on a bombing mission |
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 |
peacekeeping peacekeeping mission peacekeeping operation | the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) |
reconnaissance reconnaissance mission | the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy), an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission |
traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
airfoil aerofoil control surface surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
burn center | a center where patients with severe burns can be treated |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
center field centerfield center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher, he hit the ball to deep center |
center punch | a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling) |
community center civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
conference center conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
contraceptive preventive preventative contraceptive device prophylactic device birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |