military drill
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri drɪl/
:
ejercicio militar
- Every year, the army conducts a military drill to ensure all troops are adequately prepared for any future conflicts.
- joint military drill
- U.S.-South Korean military drill
- Korean military drill
And it's like a paramilitary group that trains other settlers on military compact, give them weapons and do like military drills.
- And it's like a paramilitary group that trains other settlers on military compact, give them weapons and do like military drills.
Examples
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But I think part of it is it breaks me down in the same way that the military drills break me down.
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Every year, the military drills followed the same pattern.
Fiction book (1999) -
Addressing troops last week during the first military drill in a series.
Blog text (11) -
In many centers, drug users are held alongside homeless people, people with psychosocial disabilities, and street children, and are forced to perform military drills.
Blog text (13) -
Is it a coincidence that Russia hosted a massive Caucasus military drill, the Eurasian air defense exercises around incoming cruise missiles, and the recent testing of the nuclear strike force?
Blog text (17) -
Depending on the country, so-called treatment consists of a regime of military drills, forced labor, psychological and moral re-education, and shackling, caning, and beating.
Blog text (13) -
Afterward, the regiment sponsored holiday exercises, which featured a ritual reading of the Declaration of Independence, oratory, patriotic recitations and music, and military drills.
Academic text (2000) -
Barracks life, military drill, blind obedience to commands, however unjust and foolish they may be, and deliberate training for slaughter undermine respect for the individual, for democracy, and for human life.
Academic text (2004) -
During the training period, the soldiers participated in a military drill to practice their coordination and combat skills.
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The military drill included numerous exercises that tested the soldiers' abilities to respond to various battlefield scenarios.
Synonyms
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3.4
Repeated practice to improve a skill, like in school or the army
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3.4
To teach people the skills to be soldiers
Repeated marching drills that soldiers do during basic training
Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'military drill' is directly derived from combining 'military' (relating to soldiers) with 'drill' (a repeated exercise or training); together they denote training for military purposes. This adjective + noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Military drill comes from the image of soldiers practising the same moves again and again, like a tool called a drill that works by repeating the same action. That's why military drill means 'regular training in marching, moving and the use of weapons'.