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MILITARY VEHICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vehicle used by the armed forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("military vehicle" is a kind of...):
vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)
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 vehicle"):
caisson (a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition)
half track (a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military)
Hum-Vee; Humvee (a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive)
personnel carrier (a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment)
picket (a vehicle performing sentinel duty)
reconnaissance vehicle; scout car (fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top)
armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank (an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)
technical (a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it)
troop carrier; troop transport (any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops)
military plane; warplane (an aircraft designed and used for combat)
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
weapons carrier (military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews)
