combat-ready
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈkɒmbæt ˈrɛdi/
- Specialized
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listo para el combate
- After months of training, the soldiers reported being combat-ready for any unexpected situations.
- combat-ready forces
So then if you're a fully qualified combat ready wing man, you need to be ready for that mission.
- So then if you're a fully qualified combat ready wing man, you need to be ready for that mission.
- And so I wanted to be able to walk out of law school combat ready, ready to go try a case to a jury on day one.
- And yeah, like Andrew Taty calls it, combat ready.
Examples
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The troops are fully combat-ready and await orders for deployment.
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The Defense Forces of NKR and RoA are the most potent, combat-ready military forces in the region.
Blog text (13) -
A: He needs to show that he is combat ready and that he can contribute.
Blog text (19) -
And so I wanted to be able to walk out of law school combat ready, ready to go try a case to a jury on day one.
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We have confirmed reports of combat-ready divisions in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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I need every missile sub combat-ready and accounted for.
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He will be combat-ready by oh-six-hundred tomorrow.
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The Colombian Army is experienced, combat-ready (to a large extent), and well-led; the Venezuelans?
Blog text (9) -
The availability of combat-ready forces capable of confronting Iraq's battle-tested army made Bush's political determination credible.
Academic text (1991) -
All equipment must be inspected to ensure it is combat-ready before the mission.
Synonyms
205
4.8
Serving in the military and ready for duty
103
1.3
Ready to use or do something when needed
20
3.5
Prepared and available to use immediately
Prepared and alert to act immediately
Antonyms
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word combat-ready joins combat ('fight') and ready ('prepared'). So it literally means 'prepared for a fight', which is why we use it for troops or equipment that can go into action right away.