military action

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military action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" action amphibious landing - a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion; "MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines" battle, engagement, fight, conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" blockade, encirclement - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy defense, defensive measure, defence - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program" electronic warfare, EW - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum police action - a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order resistance - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" saber rattling, sabre rattling - the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used) sortie, sally - a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" group action - action taken by a group of people armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"