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MILITARY POSTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Example:
politicians have neglected our military posture
Synonyms:
military capability; military posture; military strength; posture; strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("military posture" is a kind of...):
capability; capableness (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military posture"):
sea power (naval strength)
firepower ((military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target)
