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FATIGUE DUTY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
Example:
they were assigned to kitchen fatigues
Synonyms:
fatigue; fatigue duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fatigue duty" is a kind of...):
assignment; duty assignment (a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces))
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)