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Expeditionary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Relating to or constituting an expedition.

adj. Sent on or designed for military operations abroad: the French expeditionary force in Indochina.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition

adj. Intended for military operations abroad

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or composing an expedition.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad

Word Usage

"Such developments, as Rumsfeld saw them, would help the United States react in expeditionary style to unforeseen emergencies, prosecute the war on terrorism, and hedge against a rising Chinese military without unnecessarily provoking it."

Equivalent

military

Form

expeditionary force

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

missionary

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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