What does military mean?
Military means Characteristic of members of the armed forces..
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/ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹi/ · adjective
Characteristic of members of the armed forces..
She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
"My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a result."
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Poirot was an extraordinary looking little man. He was hardly more than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible.
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
He spent six years in the military.
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
Use military when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Military means Characteristic of members of the armed forces..
Common synonyms include force, forces, combatant, expeditionary.
Possible antonyms include civilian, unmilitary, nonmilitary.
She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
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