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 8 of 29: from “DD” to “double”.
- DD noun Abbreviation of destroyer, a type of warship.
- DDT noun a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into…
- dead drop noun A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
- dead ground noun an area of ground hidden from an observer due to undulations in the land
- dead zone noun An area near a fortification that is relatively sheltered from defending fire because direct fire from other parts of the walls cannot be…
- dead-pay noun Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the payroll.
- deadline verb To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
- death slide noun A zipline.
- Death Valley driver noun A move in which the wrestler throws the opponent off their shoulders and falls in the direction that the opponent's head is facing, driving…
- deblouse verb To untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
- debouch noun A fortress at the end of a defile.
- debouche verb To enter into battle.
- debouchment noun The act, or the result of debouching
- decap verb To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
- decision verb To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
- deconflict verb To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the…
- decouple verb To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
- déculassement noun An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun.
- deep cover noun The cover of a spy who penetrates a target for an extended time by embedding committedly into the surrounding culture and operating under a…
- defect verb To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- defector-in-place noun A person who defects to a foreign power but remains in their home country so as to gather information etc.
- defence force noun A title, or part thereof, bestowed on some of the armed forces of the world. Depending on the country, the title can be singular or plural.
- defence in depth noun A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order…
- defense noun Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- defensive spiral noun A last-resort defensive maneuver in dogfighting used by an aircraft with critically-low kinetic energy, consisting of a rolling scissors…
- defilade verb To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire.
- defile noun A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow…
- defilement noun The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
- definitize verb To make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.
- deflection change noun A change in azimuth setting applying to all guns in a battery when the target moves, or when a shift is made from one target to another. A…
- deflex adj Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the…
- defusal noun The act or process of making safe an explosive device (for example, a bomb, mine, or improvised explosive device), as by removing…
- dehors noun All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
- deliberate smoke noun Smoke operations which are planned with much detail for implementation over large areas or relatively long time periods.
- delta noun A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- demigorge noun Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the centre of the bastion.
- demilitarized zone noun An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation…
- demilune noun A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the…
- dependapotamus noun A servicemember's partner (especially a SAHM) who behaves in a parasitic manner, especially by taking advantage of their partner's status…
- deploy noun Deployment.
- deployment noun The distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.
- deployment goggles noun A tendency to regard people as more sexually attractive than one usually would, as a result of being deployed to a region where there are…
- depot noun A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
- depper adj Of or pertaining to the Delayed Entry Program.
- deprimed adj Pertaining to a cartridge missing is priming/primer
- depth charge noun A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the…
- derank verb To strip of rank; demote.
- derobement noun An avoidance of the opponent's attempt to take the blade or beat, performed with a straight sword arm.
- deserter noun A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of…
- deshi noun a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
- destroyer noun A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
- destroyer escort noun A type of warship, lighter in armor and armament, and slower than a destroyer, originally used for convoy escort during World War II; now…
- destroyer leader noun a warship, a type of destroyer used to lead a division, flotilla or squadron at sea and in combat, a heavy destroyer variant with larger…
- detach verb To separate for a special object or use.
- detachment noun The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- detail verb To assign to a particular task.
- detrench verb To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
- diamond cutter noun A professional wrestling move in which the wrestler takes the opponent's neck and drops them to the mat.
- dicky noun A pilot.
- dig in verb To dig trenches to resist an enemy attack.
- dignified transfer noun The transfer of the remains of a deceased United States Armed Forces servicemember from the aircraft arriving from the theater of…
- dim mak noun Any of various martial arts techniques reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at a specific area of the body.
- dinette noun A submarine's mess hall.
- dink noun A Vietnamese person.
- direct action noun Small-scale raids, ambushes, sabotage, etc. carried out by the military.
- director noun A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- disappearing carriage noun A carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet…
- discharge noun The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- disengage noun A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
- disengagement noun Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
- disintegrating link noun A pressed metal or plastic link, used to join cartridges for a machine gun, which is expelled when the cartridge is removed during loading.
- dismount verb To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
- dispatch rider noun A messenger on a motorcycle.
- displacement noun Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
- display verb To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
- distance noun The maximum amount of space between a boxer and their opponent within which the boxer can punch effectively.
- div noun A division.
- divebomb verb Of an aircraft, to bomb while in a steep dive.
- diversion noun A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
- division noun A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
- DNA phrase Do not arm (that is, do not provide with a firearm).
- dog verb To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- dog biscuit noun A hard, dry biscuit issued as part of food rations in the field.
- dog robber noun An officer's orderly or servant; a factotum; Someone whose job is to run errands for an officer.
- dogface noun A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
- dogfall noun A fall in which both wrestlers touch the ground at the same time; hence, in extended use, any tie or stalemate.
- dogfight noun A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
- dogfighting noun Close combat between two military aircraft.
- doggy noun A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
- doghead noun That part of a matchlock or flintlock gun or rifle that holds the burning fuse or flint and applies it to the gunpowder.
- dohyo-iri noun a ring-entering ceremony performed by rikishi, in the juryo and higher divisions, upon entering the dohyo
- dojo noun A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.
- dolphin noun One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.
- donkey noun A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
- donkey's ears noun A pair of scissor binoculars.
- Doobon coat noun An Israeli military winter coat, designed to be able to stay in cold temperatures for long periods of time.
- dope noun Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- doppler noun Ellipsis of Doppler radar.
- doss down verb To sleep.
- double verb To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.