English > military operation: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign). |
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| Synonym | operation |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Instances | Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation | An American operation in World War I (1918) |
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| Operation Desert Storm | The United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991) |
| Narrower | amphibious operation | A military operation by both land and sea forces |
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| attack, onslaught, onset, onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy / enemy (using weapons) |
| campaign, military campaign | Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
| combined operation | A military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces |
| covert operation | An intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor |
| information gathering | The act of collecting information |
| maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation | A military training exercise |
| mission, military mission | An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters |
| naval campaign | An operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea |
| offense, offence, offensive | The action of attacking an enemy / enemy |
| peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation | The activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) |
| psychological operation, psyop | military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments |
| support, reinforcement, reenforcement | A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | maniobra, operación |
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| Catalan | maniobra, operació militar, operació |
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