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combat-ready

combat-ready adjective: prepared for combat or military operations.

Adjective

combat-ready

  1. Prepared for combat or military operations.
    • To define the specific preservation, maintenance and depreservation necessary to maintain FMC aircraft combat ready while in prepositioned storage.1984, United States Army Aviation Digest, page 4
    • Based on our analysis above we can conclude that it is unlikely that the Federal Programme will result in the emergence of truly new, modern, and professional Armed Forces in Russia. But can the country achieve at least the creation of a few combat-ready units? In our view even this is more than...2004, Alexander Golts, “Military Reform in Russia: Conscription versus Professionalism”, in Kristina Spohr Readman, editor, Building Sustainable and Effective Military Capabilities: A Systemic...
    Synonyms:
    operational

Synonyms of combat-ready

Words formed from combat-ready

Questions about combat-ready

What does combat-ready mean?
Combat-ready means prepared for combat or military operations.
What part of speech is combat-ready?
Combat-ready is an adjective.

Words near combat-ready in the dictionary

  1. combat stress reactions
  2. combat trousers
  3. combat zone
  4. combat zones
  5. combat-readiness
  6. combat-ready
  7. combatability
  8. combatable
  9. combatant
  10. combatants
  11. combatative

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