Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• fully operational: Completely functioning and ready for use.
• take down: To capture physically
• strike back: To retaliate or counterattack.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• strike: To hit something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• shift: To change in position or direction
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• military: Army or armed forces
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• defense: Argument in support of something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• pertain: To apply to a certain time or place
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• scalp: Part of the human head covered by hair
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• long: Person's name
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• convoy: Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
• talk: Style of speaking
• procurement: Act of getting possession of something
• logistical: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict
• aloha: Expression used to say hello or goodbye in Hawaii