Militia

/məˈlɪʃə/

Synonyms for "militia" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
armed auxiliaryarmed movementcitizen armycivic militia

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
gun rights movementhome guarditalian forzajanjaweedlevies

Related words (8)

Noun(7 words)
local militiaparamilitariesparamilitary movementparamilitary unitreservesspanish fuerzatrainband
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
armed groupbodyforcemilitary forcemilitary groupmilitary organizationmilitary unitpolitical movementsocial movement

More specific

5 entries
gun clubshome guardmilitia cellsminutemenvolunteer corps

Collocations

6 entries
armed militialocal militiamilitia forcesmilitia membermilitia movementstate militia

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Mahdi Army is a private militia in Iraq.

Source: tatoeba (681469)

The militia was formed to defend citizens in an emergency.

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The island was now surrounded by militia.

Source: tatoeba (807427)

A group of militia saw him and began shooting.

Source: tatoeba (807541)

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