ADJECTIVE
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engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
review the fighting forces
the platoon is combat-ready
on active duty
How To Use combat-ready In A Sentence
- It would take several years for the carrier to be made combat-ready. Times, Sunday Times
- The stability mission remains one for combat-ready soldiers, but in the U.S. sector, not one to be performed by the regular Army.
- In covering the state border, combat-ready rapid deployment forces should be expected to make a wide use of airmobile defense to close the emerging breaches, gaps, or exposed flanks.
- Then there's the combat-ready 4x4s on steroids and the pollution stacking up between the tall buildings. Times, Sunday Times
- The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
- All combat-ready starships are ordered to proceed to Alpha Centauri immediately.
- the platoon is combat-ready
- But in Stalinist usage the term simply designated units that the high command in Moscow believed, or hoped, were combat-ready. Deathride
- He stressed the need for a combat-ready military and said it must be capable of 'defeating invading enemies'. The Sun
- The Navy maintains, trains and equips combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and securing freedom of the seas.