Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a military or warlike manner; by military force; from a military point of view.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a military manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
military ormartial manner; notpeaceably . - adverb By way of
military or otherwisebelligerent means.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with respect to the military
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Examples
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An article in The Guardian on September 26, 2001 also adds evidence that there were already signs in the first half of 2001 that Washington was moving to threaten Afghanistan militarily from the north, via Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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There is no point in militarily defending a nation that is built on ideas when the ideals are dead.
Administration critics slam civilian trials for 9/11 suspects 2009
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It's time for true Conservatives to admit that the Battle in Iraq has ground to a halt and recognize that we should support pulling back militarily from the quag in which it has become mired.
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It was in the short term militarily disastrous, given the comparative strengths of the two sides, and economically catastrophic.
History 2009
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But if it means that we ignore the existing process and barge in militarily, then it could easily turn out to be a disaster.
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“Any action militarily is very complicated,” Lt Gen Victor Renuart, the director of planning for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The Daily Telegraph.
Think Progress » U.S. General: Iran Attack Fraught With Risk, Bush Needs to ‘Make Diplomacy Work’ 2006
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What he meant to say was that we can't win militarily and we should convince those sympathetic to the Taliban to accept the national government and thereby participate in it.
October 2006 2006
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If Dean had added the word militarily, most generals would agree with him.
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Its time for true Conservatives to admit that the Battle in Iraq has ground to a halt and recognize that we should support pulling back militarily from the quag in which it has become mired.
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They know that they cannot win militarily and are using the media to force us to surrender.
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