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War Vocabulary

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  • People that die or are wounded in war, are called.....
    casualties
  • One evening, he'd changed and climbed back into bed, only to have an........... siren split the night.
    air-raid
  • What is the meaning of this sign?
    nuclear weapon
  • Another word to refer to soldiers or armed forces.
    troops
  • a flying weapon that has its own engine so that it can travel a long distance before exploding at the place that it has been aimed at
    missile or rocket
  • How do you call a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.
    volunteer
  • Ukrainian men are unable to leave the country under ......... .........., leaving many women and children to flee to neighboring countries.
    martial law
  • The ..................of the refugees was very quick. They were takes too an underground shelter
    evacuation
  • How do you say to escape, to run away from danger ?
    to flee
  • What does NATO mean?
    North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  • United Nations troops enforced a.................... in the area. No more fighting.
    cease-fire
  • What is a stopping of hostilities for a certain period of time between two counties at war?
    truce
  • Another word to say the armed forces of a country.
    the military
  • How do you call the area over which no military flights are allowed.
    no-fly zone
  • Brockville is just over the ........................ from Maryland and Washington.
    border
  • A ............................................intervention will only aggravate the conflict even further.
    foreign
  • A small bomb that is thrown by hand or fired from a weapon
    grenade
  • Any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, knife, etc.
    weapon
  • What is a formal agreement between countries in regard to peace, friendship...?
    treaty
  • Our forces are actually stationed here, preparing to .................. the invasion of Kiev
    launch
  • How do you call a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or firefighting organization
    civilian