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Definition of Military strength
1. Noun. Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war. "Politicians have neglected our military posture"
Specialized synonyms: Sea Power, Firepower
Generic synonyms: Capability, Capableness
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Strength
Literary usage of Military strength
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"The military strength of the fleet was composed of fifty armed galleys, and these
were accompanied by an equal number of flat-bottomed boats, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"A city so situated could only maintain its independence, if its military strength
supplied more than a counterpoise to its constitutional weakness. ..."
3. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1854)
"As the military strength of the empire thus depends solely on the Osmanlis, it
is drawn from a comparatively limited body, and depends entirely on their ..."
4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"But in military strength and numerous armies it was the second, though at a great
distance from the Scythians. For there is no one nation in Europe, ..."
5. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis (1881)
"What is meant by Militia—Whole military strength divided into Two Classes.—Powers
of Congress.—Objections answered.—Good Effects of the Law. ..."
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