Faction and Operation

Faction

Faction noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Operation and faction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Faction".

Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.

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Faction and operation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Faction" instead a noun "Operation".

full	full faction	full operation
particular	particular faction	particular operation
similar	similar faction	similar operation
single	single faction	single operation
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, large, dangerous, main, rogue, criminal, secret, new, major, minor, military, titular, terrorist, soviet, biggest, largest.

The Big Bads have a pretty neat covert operation going—mass murders, being blamed on a Conveniently Available faction.

Source: LEGO Genetics
Its Spiritual Successor Civilization: Beyond Earth, meanwhile, features a covert operation in which you can recruit defectors from another faction's army and thereby be given free military units.

Source: Enemy Exchange Program
This is a case of an inverted false flag operation, with one faction pretending to protect their enemies in the middle of a clear fight between the two groups in order to have their mutual enemies start blindly attacking.

Source: False Flag Operation

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