Commanding
Commanding adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Ordering and commanding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ordering" instead the word "Commanding" as an adjective or a noun.
Ordering
Ordering noun - A scheme of rank or order.
Commanding and ordering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commanding" instead the word "Ordering" as an adjective or a noun.
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Reese's commanding officer tests this by ordering him to face a wall and forward march, causing Reese to endlessly walk into the wall.
Source: Wallbonking -
In a military (or Mildly Military) setting, the commanding officer ordering someone out of his chair can serve as an assertion of authority.
Source: This Is My Chair -
In S.S.D.D Tessa was assigned to station E11, orbiting Uranus, for ordering Tin-Head to disassemble her commanding officer's car (while drunk).
Source: Reassigned to Antarctica
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