strength
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5.2
- noun
- /strɛŋkθ/
- Specialized
:
fuerza militar
- Our firepower and strength in numbers eventually won us the day.
- military strength
- troop strength
- conventional military strength
Let's lower the the strength of the strong countries, Germany, France, right?
- Let's lower the the strength of the strong countries, Germany, France, right?
- And I the the defense has gotten a real strength because look at Let's look at Ukraine.
Examples
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We do not know the full strength of Wulf's army.
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The army is up to full strength, and evacuation plans for all cities are underway.
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Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
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When the new recruits arrive, we'll be at full strength once more.
Fiction book (2000) -
To the degree that the PRI's rivals gained in strength, the church gained political leverage.
Academic text (1999) -
The French had profoundly underestimated the size and strength of the uprising.
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Their deployment, a magnificent logistical feat in itself, demonstrated the strength of the U.S. sea and airlift capability.
Academic text (1991) -
I have today ordered to Vietnam the Airmobile Division and certain other forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men almost immediately.
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Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground.
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By early 2011, the ISAF had reached a peak strength of 150,000 troops, two-thirds of them Americans.
Synonyms
156
3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
85
5.3
The number and power of weapons an army has to attack or defend
21
7.7
How ready a military force is to face threats
12
5.5
How strong a country's armed forces are, shown by soldiers, weapons, and readiness
7
4.0
A country's armed forces that work together to fight wars
5
4.3
The power of a country's armed forces to fight
1
7.3
The state of a country's armed forces, their strength and ability to fight
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
5.6
A measure of how strong an electric or magnetic field is at a place
3
3.4
Strength in the muscles around your stomach and back that helps you stay steady and move
- Specialized
A way to measure how strong a magnetic field is, for example tesla
- Specialized
A strong metal made from copper and zinc with a little manganese added
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strength comes from old English parts strong ('powerful') plus -th ('state'). So, the strength of an army means its power in people and equipment, or how strong it is in battle.