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  • 1Disband — Dis*band (?; see {Dis }), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d[ e]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free;… …

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  • 2army — n. 1) to command, lead; drill, train; rally an army 2) to mobilize, raise an army 3) to equip, supply an army 4) to array, commit, deploy, field; concentrate, mass an army 5) to inspect, muster, review an army 6) to encircle, envelop, surround;… …

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  • 3Army Council (1647) — For other uses, see Army Council (disambiguation). The Army Council was a term first used in 1647 to describe an institution which coordinated the views of all levels of the New Model Army. During the Interregnum it metamorphosed into the (Army)… …

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  • 4army — noun 1 group of soldiers ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, large, massive, mighty, powerful ▪ small ▪ ragtag (inf …

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  • 5disband — verb Disband is used with these nouns as the object: ↑army, ↑committee, ↑militia, ↑organization …

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  • 6New Model Army — For the band, see New Model Army (band). The Soldier s Catechism: rules, regulations and drill procedures of the New Model Army. The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded… …

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  • 7Mahdi Army — This article is about the Shia Mahdi Army of contemporary Iraq. For the Sunni Mahdi Army of Nineteenth Century Sudan, see Muhammad Ahmad. Mahdi Army (Jaish al Mahdi) Participant in the Iraq War Active 2003 2008 Leaders Muqtada al Sadr …

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  • 8Chronology of Continuity Irish Republican Army actions — This is a chronology of activities by the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA), an Irish republican paramilitary group. The group started operations in 1994, after the Provisional Irish Republican Army began a ceasefire. Note: All actions… …

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  • 9Real Irish Republican Army — Infobox Organization name = Real Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann) image border = size = caption = msize = mcaption = Northern Ireland shown in Red motto = formation = November 1997 extinction = type = Paramilitary headquarters =… …

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  • 10Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army — aka Polissian Sich (Poliska sich) UPA. aka Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyThe Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was paramilitary formation of Ukrainian nationalists, nominally proclaimed in Olevsk region in December 1941 by Taras Borovets by renaming… …

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