secret operative

  • 11operative — I UK [ˈɒp(ə)rətɪv] / US [ˈɑp(ə)rətɪv] adjective working correctly and having the right effect • the operative word II UK [ˈɒp(ə)rətɪv] / US [ˈɑp(ə)rətɪv] noun [countable] Word forms operative : singular operative plural operatives 1) someone who… …

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  • 12Secret and special weapons in Showa Japan — This article refer to Plans for the incorporation and development of special or secret weapons in Imperial Japan during the first part of the Showa era, for the Second sino japanese war and World War II, that were originally hidden from public… …

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  • 13operative — Synonyms and related words: Bow Street runner, CIA man, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, T man, accessible, active, actor, agent, alive, architect, armipotent, artisan, author, authoritative, cloak and dagger… …

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  • 14secret agent — noun a person secretly employed in espionage for a government • Syn: ↑intelligence officer, ↑intelligence agent, ↑operative • Hypernyms: ↑agent • Hyponyms: ↑agent in place, ↑ …

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  • 15operative — operatively, adv. operativeness, operativity /op euhr euh tiv i tee/, n. /op euhr euh tiv, op reuh tiv, op euh ray tiv/, n. 1. a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, esp. productive or industrial work; worker. 2. a… …

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  • 16operative — op|er|a|tive1 [ ap(ə)rətıv ] adjective working correctly and having the right effect the operative word the most important word in a sentence operative op|er|a|tive 2 [ ap(ə)rətıv ] noun count 1. ) TECHNICAL someone who does a particular kind of… …

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  • 17operative — A workman; a laboring man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories. Secret agent or detective @ operative part That part of a conveyance, or of any instrument intended for the creation or transference of rights, by which the main… …

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  • 18operative — 1. adjective a) Effectual or important. Hes usually in a good mood the operative word there being usually . Today was a disaster. b) Functional, in working order. See Also: operand, operant, operate, operation …

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  • 19secret agent — Synonyms and related words: CIA man, asker, catechist, cloak and dagger operative, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, cross interrogator, cross questioner, detective, double agent, espionage agent, examiner, inquirer, inquisitionist,… …

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  • 20Secret Service — Synonyms and related words: Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G man, Sherlock Holmes, T man, detective, fed, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, investigator, narc, operative, plainclothesman, police detective,… …

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