| Agent Orange |
an extremely toxic defoliant widely used by U.S. armed forces during the Vietnam War and now believed to cause cancer and birth defects. |
| armada |
a fleet of armed ships. [2 definitions] |
| armor |
units of armed military vehicles such as tanks. [1/5 definitions] |
| assault |
an attack staged by armed forces, usu. resulting in close combat with the opposing forces. [1/5 definitions] |
| bodyguard |
a person, often armed, who is employed to protect an individual or group from bodily harm. |
| carbineer |
a soldier armed with a carbine. |
| casualty |
a member of the armed forces removed from active duty as a result of being killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action. [2/5 definitions] |
| cavalier |
an armed horseman; knight. [1/4 definitions] |
| commander in chief |
(often caps.) the person in charge of all the armed forces of a nation. [2 definitions] |
| commissariat |
the military organization or system for supplying provisions and equipment to armed forces. [1/2 definitions] |
| conflict |
an armed battle or war. [1/6 definitions] |
| conquer |
to gain or overcome by force, esp. armed force. [1/4 definitions] |
| convoy |
to go with and protect, esp. by an armed force or ships. [1/5 definitions] |
| corvette |
a small, swift, lightly armed ship, used esp. as an escort. [2 definitions] |
| declared war |
an armed conflict that is precipitated by a formal declaration of war. |
| dragoon |
a heavily armed cavalryman of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. [2/3 definitions] |
| fighter |
a fast military aircraft used in armed combat esp. against other aircraft. [1/3 definitions] |
| foe |
an enemy in armed conflict or war; an opposing army or country. [1/5 definitions] |
| freedom fighter |
a person who participates in armed rebellion against an established government, with the expressed aim of freeing the people from oppression. |
| frigate |
a fast, medium-sized, armed sailing vessel used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
| fusilier |
a soldier armed with a fusil. |