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military exercise en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.
   • In early November the United States and its NATO allies carried out an unusually extensive and high-level military exercise, called Able Archer 83, testing the command and communications procedures for the release and use of nuclear weapons in case of war. 1994, Raymond L. Garthoff, The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War, page 138:
   • Another major military exercise, codenamed Operation Intrinsic Action held in August 1992, involved the participation of 2400 US troops from the First Cavalry Division at Ford Hood, Texas and members of the Fifth Special Forces Group from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 2005, Chookiat Panaspornprasit, US-Kuwaiti Relations, 1961-1992: An Uneasy Relationship, page 136:
   • In the first months of 1993 the situation worsened as the United States and South Korea resumed their annual Team Spirit military exercise (canceled in 1992) and North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 1997, David R. McCann, Korea Briefing: Toward Reunification, page 34:

Forms

Synonyms

training exercise · war game

Translations (56)

hy զորավարժություն (war game) · uk військове́ навча́ння (war game) · es maniobra militar (war game) · sh vojna vježba (war game) · ur فَوجی مَشْقیں (war game) · it esercitazione militare (war game) · ko 군사연습 (war game) · fr grandes manœuvres (war game) · ka სამხედრო წვრთნა (war game) · sh војна вежба (war game) · sh војна вјежба (war game) · bg вое́нни уче́ния (war game) · de Manöver (war game) · az hərbi məşq (war game) · ky аскердик машыгуулар (war game) · tg машкҳои ҳарбӣ (war game) · sq stërvitje ushtarake (war game) · sh vojna vežba (war game) · tr askerî tatbikat (war game) · uz harbiy mashq (war game) · be вайско́выя вучэ́нні (war game) · tg машқи ҳарбӣ (war game) · nl militaire oefening (war game) · hu hadgyakorlat (war game) · fa-ira مانُوْرِ نِظامی (war game) · vi diễn tập quân sự (war game) · be вайско́выя вучэ́ньні (war game) · mk воена вежба (war game) · cs vojenské cvičení (war game) · nb militærøving (war game) · hi सैन्य अभ्यास (war game) · nn militærøving (war game) · de Militärübung (war game) · uk військо́ве навча́ння (war game) · fa-ira رَزْمایِش (war game) · ro exercițiu militar (war game) · da militærøvelse (war game) · cmn 軍事演習 /军事演习 (war game) · ru вое́нные уче́ния (war game) · az hərbi təlim (war game) · fr exercices militaires (war game) · sv militärövning (war game) · ja 軍事演習 (war game) · de Kriegsübung (war game) · uz harbiy mashgʻulotlar (war game) · ar مُنَاوَرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (war game) · he תַּרְגִּיל צְבָאִי (war game) · nb militærøvelse (war game) · pl ćwiczenia wojskowe (war game) · fi sotaharjoitus (war game) · cmn 軍演 /军演 (war game) · sl vojaške vaje (war game) · ky аскер машыгуусу (war game) · es ejercicio militar (war game) · sk vojenské cvičenia (war game) · kk әскери жаттығу (war game)