This page gathers the 2,895 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “War”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 29: from “antidrone” to “bandit”.
- antidrone adj Opposing or countering drones.
- antigas adj Countering military gas attacks.
- antikickback adj Serving to prevent kickbacks (accidents with machinery).
- antimissile adj Designed to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.
- antiship adj Designed to attack a naval ship.
- antishipping adj Countering shipping.
- antispace adj Against space.
- antisplinter adj Resistant to fragments of exploding shells.
- antitank adj Of weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles.
- antitorpedo adj Acting against torpedos.
- ANZAC noun A soldier from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (1914-1918).
- AP noun Abbreviation of Auxiliary Provisions (a naval transport).
- Apache noun AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
- aparejo noun A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the United States military, and in Latin America, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or similar…
- app noun application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
- appel noun An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
- approach verb To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
- approaches noun The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military…
- appui verb To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops.
- ar noun An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives.
- ara adj ship's prefix for warships of the Argentinian navy.
- arc adj A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.
- Archie noun Anti-aircraft artillery.
- area of influence noun A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under…
- arm verb To become prepared for action; to activate.
- armament noun All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
- armed conflict noun A contested incompatibility that entails the use of armed force between two parties including a territory, the government of a state, or…
- armed merchantman noun A warship converted from a merchant ship by the installation of weaponry, primarily for use in commerce raiding or defense against same.
- armed probe noun A military reconnaissance mission performed with heavy combat units where hostile contact with the enemy is expected.
- armistice noun A (short) cessation of combat.
- armor noun A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
- armor-piercing shot noun An armor-piercing solid metal projectile having no bursting charge, in use mainly during World War II, abbreviated AP, or simply "shot".
- armored cruiser noun A type of cruiser (the warship) common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, carrying a small number of moderately-heavy main guns…
- armoured adj Equipped with armoured vehicles.
- armoured car noun A small wheeled armoured fighting vehicle.
- armoured combat vehicle noun An armed and armoured military vehicle for fighting troops, which runs on wheels or caterpillar track.
- armoured fighting vehicle noun An armed and armoured military vehicle which runs on wheels or caterpillar track, used by fighting troops.
- armshield noun A badge worn on the sleeve of a soldier's uniform in the shape of a shield, used to denote allegiance
- Army General noun A title used in many countries to denote the rank of general nominally commanding an army in the field.
- Arnaut noun A Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian or Serbian soldier, recruited to serve as body-guard to officials in the 18th-19th c. Wallachia and Moldavia.…
- array noun A militia.
- arresting gear noun A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can…
- arsenal plane noun A cargoplane filled with munitions, that are deployed when airborne by dropping them out the rear door, and having the weapons perform any…
- arsenal ship noun A ship, filled with missiles, typically cruise missiles, which it can launch to attack far off targets, but which has little in the way of…
- artillery wheel noun A kind of heavily built spoked wheel, often dished and often with a long axle box, used on gun carriages; the spokes are often fitted…
- arty noun Artillery.
- as you were intj Disregard the previous partial command or order and return to the most recent formal command or order.
- ASC noun Initialism of Arctic/arctic security cutter
- ashitori noun a kimarite in which the attacker takes his opponent down by grabbing and lifting his leg with both hands
- ashlar noun A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
- Asiatic adj Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East.
- asparagus bed noun An obstacle made of upright pieces of steel, wood, or concrete.
- assault noun A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
- assembly noun A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- asset noun An intelligence asset.
- assistant field cornet noun The holder of a military rank formerly used in South Africa from 1960-1968; equivalent to second lieutenant.
- astragal noun A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon.
- at ease prep_phrase In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention.
- at the double prep_phrase In double time.
- at the high port prep_phrase Held with two hands as in "port arms", but carried well above the head. The high port is often the position taught for running (at the…
- atlas noun A particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.
- atomic bomb noun A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
- atomweight noun The weight class below strawweight of less than 105 lbs.
- attack helicopter noun An armed helicopter with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles, and fortifications.
- attention intj Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
- attrit verb To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower.
- auto sear noun A device which allows for a closed-bolt self-loading firearm to reliably function in fully automatic fire by preventing the hammer or…
- autofire verb To fire automatically.
- autoload verb To load (firearms or artillery) automatically.
- autoloader noun A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew.
- autoloading noun The act or process of loading automatically, as done by an autoloader.
- aviation noun Aircraft.
- AVLB noun An armored vehicle that deploys a bridge in a motorized/automated manner.
- AWACS noun Acronym of Airborne Warning and Control System.
- awkward squad noun A squad of inept recruits assembled for special drill.
- AWOL noun Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one…
- axis noun An alliance or coalition.
- baby face noun A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a good guy, especially one who is handsome…
- back slap noun A controlled landing, slapping to the mat with one's back.
- backbore verb To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
- backbrief noun A summary of a received briefing, given by the briefed person to the commanding officer, to ensure that instructions have been properly…
- backfall noun A fall or throw on the back.
- backhaul noun The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
- backheel noun A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body…
- backload verb To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war.
- backscatter noun A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source…
- backseater noun A navigator or other crewman who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backstop noun Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
- backstory noun A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.
- backstrap noun The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
- bacon noun A saucisse.
- bae noun The ship prefix for ships of the navy of Ecuador.
- baggage noun An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
- baka bomb noun The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of…
- baksheesh noun A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
- balestra noun Alternative form of ballestra.
- ball noun A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- balloon apron noun An integrated system of balloons equipped with wire cables reaching the ground, designed as a defence against hostile aircraft.
- banana clip noun A curved ammunition clip for the AK-47 assault rifle.
- bandit noun An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.