assault coursenoun [ C ]
uk/əˈsɒlt ˌkɔːs/us/əˈsɑːlt ˌkɔːrs/UK US obstacle coursean area of land on which soldiers have to run between and climb over or cross various objects, designed to test their strength and physical condition:
figurative Meetings with tax inspectors are often bureaucratic assault courses.
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Military training & ceremonies
- attention
- civil defence
- drill
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- manoeuvre
- march
- pass
- pass out
- passing-out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- review
- route march
- salute
- take the salute idiom
- troop
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