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#726. Combatant. -- N. combatant

• disputant

• controversialist

• polemic

• litigant

• belligerent

• competitor

• rival

• fighter

• assailant

• champion

• Paladin

• swashbuckler fire eater

• duelist

• bully

• bludgeon man

• rough

• prize fighter

• pugilist

• boxer

• bruiser

• the fancy

• gladiator

• athlete

• wrestler

• fighting-cock

• game-cock;

• warrior

• soldier

• fighting man

• Amazon

• man at arms

• campaigner

• veteran

• swordsman

• redcoat

• military man

• Rajput

• armed force

• troops

• soldiery

• military forces

• the

• army

• standing army

• regulars

• the line

• troops of the line

• militia

• yeomanry

• volunteers

• trainband

• auxiliary

• brave

• garde-nationale

• minuteman [Am

• Hist.]

• auxiliary forces

• reserve forces

• reserves

• posse comitatus[Lat]

• national guard

• gendarme

• beefeater

• guards

• guardsman

• yeomen of the

• guard

• life guards

• household troops

• janissary

• myrmidon

• Mama

• Mameluke

• Cossack

• Croat

• Pandoz

• irregular

• guerilla

• partisan

• bashi-bazouk

• vietminh[guerilla organization names:

• list]

• vietcong

• shining path

• contras

• huk

• hukbalahap

• mercenary

• soldier of fortune

• hired gun

• gunfighter

• gunslinger;

• bushwhacker

• free lance

• companion

• Hessian

• hit man[criminals specializing in violence: see bad man]

• torpedo

• soldier

• levy

• draught

• Landwehr[Ger]

• Landsturm[Ger]

• conscript

• recruit

• cadet

• raw levies

• infantry

• infantryman

• private

• private soldier

• foot soldier

• Tommy

• rank and file

• peon

• trooper

• legionnaire

• legionary

• cannon fodder

• food for powder

• officer

• subaltern

• ensign

• standard bearer

• spearman

• spear bearer;

• lancer

• musketeer

• rifleman

• jager[Ger]

• sharpshooter

• skirmisher

• grenadier

• archer

• bowman

• horse and foot

• horse soldier

• cavalry

• horse

• artillery

• horse

• artillery

• light horse

• uhlan

• mounted rifles

• dragoon

• hussar

• light dragoon

• heavy dragoon

• heavy

• Foot Guards

• Horse Guards

• gunner

• cannoneer

• bombardier

• sapper

• sapper and miner

• engineer

• light infantry

• zouave

• military train

• coolie

• army

• host

• division

• column

• wing

• detachment

• garrison

• flying column

• brigade

• regiment

• corps

• battalion

• squadron

• company

• platoon

• battery

• subdivision

• section

• squad

• piquet

• picket

• guard

• rank

• file

• legion

• phalanx

• cohort

• cloud of

• skirmishers

• war horse

• charger

• destrier

• marine

• man-of-war's man

• navy

• wooden walls

• naval

• forces

• fleet

• flotilla

• armada

• squadron

• [ships of war] man-of-war

• destroyer

• submarine

• minesweeper

• torpedo-

• boat

• torpedo-destroyer

• patrol torpedo boat

• PT boat

• torpedo-catcher

• war

• castle

• H.M.S

• battleship

• battle wagon

• dreadnought

• line of battle

• ship

• ship of the line

• aircraft carrier

• carrier. flattop[coll.];

• helicopter carrier

• missile platform

• missile boat

• ironclad

• turret ship

• ram

• monitor

• floating battery

• first-rate

• frigate

• sloop of war

• corvette

• gunboat

• bomb vessel

• flagship

• guard ship

• cruiser

• armored

• cruiser

• protected cruiser

• privateer

• [supporting ships] tender

• store ship

• troop ship

• transport

• catamaran

• merchant marine

#727. Arms. -- N. arm

• arms

• weapon

• deadly weapon

• armament

• armaments

• armature

• panoply

• stand of arms

• armor

• armory

• apparatus belli[Lat]

• ammunition

• powder

• powder and shot

• cartridge

• ball cartridge

• cartouche

• fireball

• "villainous saltpeter" [Hen. IV]

• dumdum bullet

• explosive

• gunpowder

• guncotton

• mercury fulminate

• picrates;

• pentaerythritol tetranitrate[ISA:chemsub][Chemsub]

• PETN

• high explosive

• trinitrotoluene

• TNT

• dynamite

• cordite

• lyddite

• plastic explosive

• plastique

• [knives and swords: list] sword

• saber

• broadsword

• cutlass

• scimitar

• brand

• whinyard

• bilbo

• rapier

• skean

• Toledo

• Ferrara

• tuck

• claymore

• Lochaber ax

• kris

• dagger

• dirk

• poniard

• stiletto

• dudgeon

• bayonet

• sword-bayonet

• sword-stick

• side arms

• foil

• blade

• steel

• ax

• bill

• pole-ax

• battle-ax

• halberd

• partisan

• tomahawk

• bowie

• assagai

• good sword

• trusty sword

• naked sword

• cold steel

• club

• mace

• truncheon

• staff

• bludgeon

• cudgel

• life preserver

• shillelah

• sprig

• hand staff

• quarter staff

• bat

• cane

• stick

• knuckle

• duster

• billy

• blackjack

• sandbag

• gun

• firearms

• artillery

• ordnance

• siege train

• battering

• train

• park

• battery

• cannon

• gun of position

• heavy gun

• mortar

• howitzer

• basilisk

• falconet

• swivel

• petard

• torpedo;

• infernal machine

• smooth bore

• rifled

• cannon

• Lancaster gun

• Paixhan gun

• Whitworth gun

• Parrott gun

• Krupp gun

• Gatling gun

• Maxim gun

• machine gun

• ten pounder

• small arms

• musket

• musketry

• rifle

• carbine

• blunderbuss

• Brown Bess

• matchlock

• arquebus

• pistol

• petronel

• small bore

• breach-loader

• muzzle-loader;

• revolver

• repeater

• Minis rifle

• Enfield rifle

• Flobert rifle

• Westley

• Richards rifle

• Snider rifle

• Martini-Henry rifle

• Lee-Metford rifle

• Lee-

• Enfield rifle

• Mauser rifle

• magazine rifle

• needle gun

• wind gun

• air gun

• automatic gun

• automatic pistol

• gunflint

• gun-lock

• shooter

• shooting iron

• * [U.S.]

• six-shooter [U.S.]

• shotgun

• Uzzi

• assault rifle

• Kalashnikov

• bow

• crossbow

• catapult

• sling

• battering ram

• (impulse)

• gunnery

• ballistics

• missile

• bolt

• projectile

• shot

• ball

• grape

• grape shot

• canister

• shot

• bar shot

• cannon shot

• round

• shot

• chain shot

• slung shot

• bullet

• slug

• stone

• brickbat

• grenade

• shell

• bomb

• carcass

• rocket

• shrapnel

• thunderbolt

• pike

• lance

• spear

• javelin

• dart

• arrow

• reed

• shaft

• bolt

• boomerang

• harpoon

• gaff;

• weet-weet

• cattle prod;

• chemical mace

• Phr. en flute

• nervos belli pecuniam infinitam[Lat]

#728. Arena. -- N. arena

• field

• platform

• scene of action

• theater;

• walk

• course

• hustings

• stare

• boards

• amphitheater;

• Coliseum

• Colosseum

• Flavian amphitheater

• hippodrome

• circus

• race course

• corso[Sp]

• turf

• cockpit

• bear garden

• playground

• gymnasium

• palestra

• ring

• lists

• tilting ground

• Campus Martins

• Champ de

• campus [U.S.]

• boxing ring

• canvas

• theater of war

• seat of war

• battle-field

• battle-ground

• field of

• battle

• field of slaughter

• camp

• the enemy's camp;

• trusting place

#729. Completion. -- N. completion

• accomplishment

• achievement

• fulfillment

• performance

• execution

• despatch

• dispatch

• consummation

• culmination

• finish

• conclusion

• close

• terminus

• winding up

• finale

• denouement

• catastrophe

• issue

• upshot

• result;

• final touch

• last touch

• crowning touch

• finishing touch

• finishing stroke;

• last finish

• coup de grace

• crowning of the edifice

• coping-stone

• keystone

• missing link

• superstructure

• ne plus ultra[Lat]

• work

• done

• elaboration

• finality

• completeness

• V. effect[transitive]

• effectuate

• accomplish

• achieve

• compass

• consummate

• hammer out

• bring to maturity

• bring to perfection

• perfect

• complete

• elaborate

• do

• execute

• make

• go through

• get through

• work out

• enact

• bring

• about

• bring to bear

• bring to pass

• bring through

• bring to a head

• despatch

• dispatch

• knock off

• finish off

• polish off

• make short work

• of

• dispose of

• set at rest

• perform

• discharge

• fulfill

• realize

• put in

• practice

• put in force

• carry out

• carry into effect

• carry into execution;

• make good

• be as good as one's word

• do thoroughly

• not do by halves

• go the whole hog

• drive home

• be in at

• the death

• carry through

• play out

• exhaust

• fill the

• bill [U.S.]

• finish

• bring to a close

• wind up

• stamp

• clinch

• seal

• set the seal on

• put the seal

• give the final touch

• put the last

• put the finishing hand to

• put the finishing touches on

• crown

• crown all;

• cap

• [intransitive] ripen

• culminate

• come to a head

• come to a crisis;

• come to its end

• die a natural death

• die of old age

• run its course

• run

• one's race

• touch the goal

• reach the goal

• attain the goal

• reach

• (arrive)

• get in the harvest

• Adj. completing

• final

• concluding

• conclusive

• crowning

• exhaustive

• done

• completed

• done for

• sped

• wrought out

• highly wrought

• thorough

• ripe

• Adv. completely

• to crown all

• out of hand

• Phr. the race is run

• actum est[Lat]

• finis coronat opus[Lat];

• consummatum est[Lat]

• it is all over

• the game is played

• out

• the bubble has burst

• aut non tentaris

• aut perfice [Lat][Ovid]

#730. Noncompletion. -- N. noncompletion

• nonfulfillment

• shortcoming

• incompleteness

• drawn battle

• drawn game

• work of Penelope

• nonperformance

• neglect

• V. not complete

• leave unfinished

• leave undone

• drop

• put down

• neglect

• let alone

• let slip

• lose sight of

• (forget) 506

• fall short of

• do things by halves

• parboil

• scotch the snake

• not lull it

• hang fire

• be slow to

• collapse

• drop out

• Adj. not completed

• incomplete

• uncompleted

• unfinished

• unaccomplished

• unperformed

• unexecuted

• sketchy

• addle

• in progress

• in hand

• ongoing

• going on

• proceeding

• on one's hands;

• on the anvil

• in the fire

• in the oven

• parboiled

• half-baked

• Adv. re infecta[Lat]

#731. Success. -- N. success

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