police action
police action · police actions
Military action undertaken without a formal declaration of warMilitary action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.
» The police took immediate action to deal with the riot.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.
a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order
Examples
2 sentencesThe police took immediate action to deal with the riot.
Police rushed into action.
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: police actions| Singular | police action |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable