armed forces
armed forces noun: the military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.
Noun
armed forces pl (normally plural, singular armed force)
- The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.
- What dictators fear most is losing the support of the armed forces, and when this happens, it's as if a ferocious beast has lost its teeth.2020 September 23, Shi Chuan, “When Police Officers No Longer Work for Dictators”, in Minghui, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2021
armed forces meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
armed forces in Hindi
- the military forces of a nation — see also army
- सेना senā, सैन्य sainya, सशस्त्र बल saśastra bal, सशस्त्र सेनाएँ saśastra senāẽ
armed forces in Tamil
- ஆயுதப்படை
armed forces in Marathi
- armed forces
- सशस्त्र सेना saśastra senā
armed forces in Urdu
- the military forces of a nation — see also army
- مُسَلَّح اَفْواج musallah afvāj
More languagesFewer languages
- armed forces in Bengali
- সামরিক বাহিনী śamrik bahini
- armed forces in Kannada
- ಸಶಸ್ತ್ರಬಲ, ಸೇನಾಬಲ
- armed forces in Tagalog
- hukbong-sandatahan, sandatahang-lakas
- armed forces in Arabic
- قُوَّات مُسَلَّحَة quwwāt musallaḥa, قُوَّات quwwāt, جَيْش jayš
- armed forces in Malay
- angkatan tentera, tentera
- armed forces in Indonesian
- angkatan bersenjata, tentara
- armed forces in Thai
- การทหาร gaan-tá-hǎan, กองทัพ gɔɔng-táp, พลากร pá-laa-gɔɔn
- armed forces in Vietnamese
- quân đội, lực lượng vũ trang
- armed forces in Myanmar
- ဗိုလ်ခြေ builhkre
Forms of armed forces
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Questions about armed forces
- What does armed forces mean?
- Armed forces means the military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.
- What is armed forces in Hindi?
- Armed forces in Hindi is सेना (senā), सैन्य (sainya), सशस्त्र बल (saśastra bal). See Armed forces meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is armed forces?
- Armed forces is a noun.
Words near armed forces in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: armed forces (page history and authors); armed forces (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सशस्त्र सेना (Marathi) (page history and authors); armed forces (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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