armed robbery
heist holdup
stickup | robbery at gunpoint |
| armed forces censorship | military censorship of personal communications to or from persons in the armed forces |
battle
conflict fight engagement | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war, Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga, he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement |
conflict
struggle battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals), the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph--Thomas Paine, police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs |
combat
armed combat | an engagement fought between two military forces |
pogge
armed bullhead
Agonus cataphractus | northern Atlantic sea poacher |
| slot one-armed bandit | a slot machine that is used for gambling, they spend hours and hours just playing the slots |
| tablet-armed chair | a chair with an arm that has been widened for writing |
| conflict | an incompatibility of dates or events, he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings |
dispute
difference
difference of opinion
conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important, he had a dispute with his wife, there were irreconcilable differences, the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats |
| conflict | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings, he was immobilized by conflict and indecision |
Armed Islamic Group
GIA | a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in , aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state, the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres |
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
ALIR
Former Armed Forces
FAR
Interahamwe | a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again, in ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists |
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia
FARC | a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party, opposed to the United States, has strong ties to drug dealers |
military service
armed service
service | a force that is a branch of the armed forces |
military
armed forces
armed services
military machine
war machine | the military forces of a nation, their military is the largest in the region, the military machine is the same one we faced in but now it is weaker |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot), this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing |
| conflict of interest | a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests |
| conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests, his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post, a conflict of loyalties |
| Armed Forces Day | the rd Saturday in May |
conflict b run afoul b infringe
contravene | go against, as of rules and laws, He ran afoul of the law, This behavior conflicts with our rules |
| conflict | be in conflict, The two proposals conflict! |
| armed | (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms, armed robbery |
| light-armed | armed with light equipment and weapons, a light-armed brigade |
| armed | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
| armed | having arms or arms as specified, used especially in combination, the many-armed goddess Shiva |
| long-armed | having relatively long arms |
| one-armed | having one arm, a one-armed veteran |
light-armed
lightly-armed | armed with light weapons |
| heavy-armed | having massive arms, he was big-chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed |