| NOUN | act | military mission, mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters |
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| Meaning | An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters. | |
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| Synonym | mission | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | combat mission | A mission to capture or defend something |
| direct support | A mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance | |
| search and destroy mission | An operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam | |
| search mission | A mission to discover something | |
| Broader | operation, military operation | Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
| Spanish | misión militar, misión | |
| Catalan | missió militar, missió | |
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