as in troops
the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
our nation's armed forces are stationed throughout the world
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Recent Examples of armed forces
During the second decade of the Global War on Terrorism, criminal organizations in the United States sourced much of their weaponry from corrupt members of all four branches of the armed forces.
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Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The country only has an acting Prime Minister and acting defense minister, meaning authority over border matters has effectively been handed to an aggrieved and wounded armed forces.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 July 2025
Russia suffered an even more serious reputational blow in the Middle East when Israeli and U.S. armed forces bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2025
That resolution invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to limit Trump's ability to send U.S. armed forces to war without the approval of Congress.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
The country only has an acting Prime Minister and acting defense minister, meaning authority over border matters has effectively been handed to an aggrieved and wounded armed forces.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 July 2025
Russia suffered an even more serious reputational blow in the Middle East when Israeli and U.S. armed forces bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2025
That resolution invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to limit Trump's ability to send U.S. armed forces to war without the approval of Congress.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
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“Armed forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed%20forces. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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