Action
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
particular | particular action | particular engagement |
specific | specific action | specific engagement |
short | short action | short engagement |
direct | direct action | direct engagement |
Other adjectives: current, single, actual, real, serious, bad, hostile, major, political, possible, final, minor, decisive, military, last, swift. |
Both words in one sentence
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If he is wounded on the battlefield, however, his unit loses his special abilities and aura for that battle, essentially putting him out of action for the duration of the engagement.
Source: Video Game / Napoleon: Total War - It's worse in Battle Fleet which hasn't fought an actual engagement in several centuries compared to Frontier Fleet that does see action fighting pirates and others and so does see some turn over.
- Originally, an "after action report" (AAR) referred to a blow-by-blow account of an engagement prepared by a military official.
Source: After-Action Report
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