police action
noun
: a localized military action undertaken without formal declaration of war by regular armed forces against persons held to be violators of international peace and order
Word History
First Known Use
1933, in the meaning defined above
police actions
noun
as in civil wars
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- civil wars
- world wars
- holy wars
- cold wars
- limited wars
- hot wars
- hostilities
- actions
- wars
- conflagrations
- skirmishes
- conflicts
- engagements
- battles
- warfares
- combats
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disarmaments
- demobilizations
- peaces
- pacifications
- demilitarizations
- tranquillities
- tranquilities
- truces
- calms
- cease-fires
- dissimilar
- dissimilarities
- dissimilarity
- dissimilarly
- dissimilars
- dissimilate
- dissimilated
- dissimilates
- dissimilating
- dissimilation
- dissimilations
- dissimilatory
- dissimiles
- dissimilitude
- dissimilitudes
- dissimulate
- dissimulated
- dissimulates
- dissimulating
- dissimulation
- dissimulations
- dissimulative
- dissimulator
- dissimulators
- dissimule