25
army(noun, adjective, force, crowd, throng)
17
troops(noun, crowd, throng, horde, combatant)
16
martial(adjective, vigorous, hostile, peace, aggressive)
14
armed forces(noun, expression, idiom, crowd, throng)
14
warlike(adjective, hostile, peace, warfare, battling)
13
soldierly(adjective, hostile, unfriendly, peace, aggressive)
13
militant(adjective, hostile, aggressive, radical, belligerent)
12
aggressive(adjective, hostile, radical, belligerent, combative)
12
soldiery(noun, force, crowd, throng, horde)
10
combative(adjective, vigorous, hostile, aggressive, radical)
10
force(noun, force)
10
militaristic(adjective, vigorous, hostile, peace, aggressive)
8
bellicose(adjective, peace, warfare)
8
belligerent(adjective, warfare)
8
navy(noun, force)
8
service(noun, adjective, force)
8
troop(noun, force, crowd, throng, horde)
7
soldierlike
6
fighting(verb, adjective, vigorous, hostile, unfriendly)
6
air force(noun, force)
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