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execute order

execute order noun: an order initiating a military operation.

Noun

execute order (plural execute orders)

  1. (US) An order initiating a military operation.
    • CJCS Counterdrug Execute Order (EXORD) authorizes continued DOD support to law enforcement efforts to detect, monitor and interdict drug trafficking.

Forms of execute order

pluralexecute orders

Questions about execute order

What does execute order mean?
Execute order means an order initiating a military operation.
What part of speech is execute order?
Execute order is a noun.
What is the plural of execute order?
The plural of execute order is execute orders.

Words near execute order in the dictionary

  1. executables
  2. executancy
  3. executant
  4. executants
  5. execute
  6. execute order
  7. execute orders
  8. executed
  9. executedst
  10. executee
  11. executees

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