(v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Example Sentences:
(1) A revised policy would have to fulfil the twin objectives of ending the torture and other violations without rekindling the armada of boats.
(2) The study was done in three health care systems in the region: civil servants ("Mutualidad de Funcionarios Civiles del Estado: MUFACE") armed forces group ("Instituto Social de las Fuerzas Armadas: ISFAS") and the national system ("Instituto Nacional de la Salud: INSALUD").
(3) The party still faces a barrage of tactical voting by the right and left to stop it winning final-round votes – described by one Lille party worker as “the onslaught of an armada”.
(4) His invasion fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Armada, set sail in 1688.
(5) They danced, prayed and sang – and stood in long lines in front of the armadas of portable bathrooms along the beachfront.
(6) The government sent skimmers and booms to help clear up the oil , while BP recruited an "armada" of fishermen , otherwise banned from fishing for shrimp off the waters off Louisiana, to help lay some of the 2.25 million feet of containment booms to contain the slick.
(7) López Rivera eventually became a member of a clandestine group called Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional , which argued that armed force was a justified tactic in the fight for Puerto Rican independence.
(8) Col Tejero ignored Gen Armada and, instead of negotiating the formation of a government of national unity, demanded the creation of military junta.
(9) Only bad weather helped it avert a true disaster when the Spanish armada tried to invade in 1588.
(10) That said, however, it seems there is no direct correlation between the game and the film, in which a fleet of US ships is attacked by an armada of alien invaders, known as The Regents.
(11) Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, said: "The armada of hate and violence in support of the Hamas terror organisation was a premeditated and outrageous provocation.
(12) Sitting ducks for an armada of hackers, who are every bit as focused on stealing our data as we are relaxed about storing it.
(13) "It was the king himself who, after realising the nature of the threats to Spain, democracy and the crown ... had proposed to me in 1980 that I might head a government of unity," Gen Armada told his prison chaplain shortly after starting his 30-year jail sentence, the book reports.
(14) Col Tejero gave himself up and Gen Armada was soon discovered to have masterminded the plot.
(15) He howled when Diaz tried to boast about his armada of fighting coaches, portraying them as battle-tested kickboxing warriors as opposed to McGregor’s more eclectic group of movement and striking coaches.
(16) They were sure that Juan Carlos would respond by calling on the aristocratic Gen Armada, his former personal secretary, to lead a government of national unity.
(17) "The forecasts were correct, but it was soon clear that the armadas of ice that suddenly started to appear were thick and old."
(18) They showed 82% approval among viewers for the coverage of the armada along the river Thames.
(19) "He always told me I should trust Armada, that the best solution was a government of national unity led by him."
(20) Newly revealed transcripts of phone conversations between the king and Gen Armada show that, whatever may have been said before, Juan Carlos never wavered in his opposition to the coup once it started.
Military
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.
(a.) Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition.
(n.) The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(2) A full-scale war is unlikely but there is clear concern in Seoul about the more realistic threat of a small-scale attack on the South Korean military or a group of islands near the countries' disputed maritime border in the Yellow Sea.
(3) A Swedish news agency said it had received an email warning before the blasts in which a threat was made against Sweden's population, linked to the country's military presence in Afghanistan and the five-year-old case of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
(4) To safeguard its long-time regional ally, Iran gave full political, economic and military backing to the embattled Syrian president.
(5) The incidence of antibody to exotoxin was highest in the age groups ranging from 26 to 32 years, where the positive rates were higher than 40% and 30% for military personnel serving in Sarawak and Sabah, respectively.
(6) Abe’s longstanding efforts toward those goals, which include the successful passage of a state secrets act and efforts to expand the scope of Japan’s military activities have already damaged relations with China.
(7) The military is not being honest about the number of men on strike: most of us are refusing to eat.
(8) This is what President Carter did when he raised the spectre of terminating US military assistance if Israel did not immediately evacuate Lebanon in September 1977.
(9) To a large extent, the failure has been a consequence of a cold war-style deadlock – Russia and Iran on one side, and the west and most of the Arab world on the other – over the fate of Bashar al-Assad , a negotiating gap kept open by force in the shape of massive Russian and Iranian military support to keep the Syrian regime in place.
(10) Among the dead were two young young officers, Major Mujahid Ali and Captain Usman, whose life stories the media seized upon, helped by the military's public relations machine.
(11) The exercise comes at a sensitive time for Poland’s military, following the sacking or forced retirement of a quarter of the country’s generals since the nationalist Law and Justice government came to power in October last year.
(12) A questionnaire was presented to 2009 18--19 year old military recruitment candidates which enabled assessment of antipathy towards patients with severe acne vulgaris, the occupational handicap associated with severe acne and subjective inhibitions in acne patients.
(13) Chapter three Administration of the camps The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
(14) Moallem’s news conference came a day after jihadis captured a major military air base in north-eastern Syria, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the Islamic State group.
(15) They were granted “extraordinary leave” and left with their military equipment to be captured or killed on the streets of the Chechen capital.
(16) Tony Abbott urges Europe to adopt Australian policies in refugee crisis Read more Given that Obama – whatever one’s views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is “urging” the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
(17) There has been a tendency to portray Russians as aggressively imperialistic at heart, a homogeneous bloc thirsty for military adventures.
(18) Germany’s parliament has thrown its weight behind the European campaign against Islamic State , voting with a solid majority in favour of deploying military personnel to Syria in a non-combat role.
(19) Urban ambulance systems emerged in the second half of the 19th century as an outgrowth of military experiences in both Europe and America.
(20) They had to be seen as the good guys, and not as either this administration or that administration.” Comey left the justice department in 2005 for Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the US, and eventually an investment firm and Columbia Law School.