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Meanings of paramilitary force in English
A group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
Synonyms
Examples for "paramilitary"
Examples for "paramilitary"
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Drummond employees say they continue working under the shadow of paramilitary violence.
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When a paramilitary group claims responsibility, what is there left to investigate?
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He said the Colombian military had known about his paramilitary training activities.
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But he said that some Shi'ite paramilitary factions had exploited the situation.
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Mr Burnside said he would meet the paramilitary group again if asked.
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The elite Special Task Force police paramilitary unit found a second grenade, he said.
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Former UDA chief Johnny Adair has been warned against trying to split the paramilitary unit.
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With a police paramilitary unit on standy to assist with the closure, there are fears the relocation could become violent.
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He leads Sudan's feared Rapid Support Forces, a heavily-armed paramilitary unit that numbers in the tens of thousands and controls Khartoum.
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The CIA has created a new super secret paramilitary unit to target people they believe to be terrorists and their leaders abroad.
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Iraq's state paramilitary organization, which is dominated by Iran-backed groups, called for an investigation of his death.
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The groups say he was involved in creating an armed paramilitary organization in North Carolina 20 years ago.
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My good fortune was that a police department is a paramilitary organization with a rigid chain of command.
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Nolan took seriously his role as a sergeant and he clearly enjoyed working in what was essentially a paramilitary organization.
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A Shi'ite paramilitary organization is constructing a road to strengthen its positions across the mixed areas of Diyala and neighboring Salahuddin province.
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The men were believed to have connections with a loyalist paramilitary organisation.
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The killing on December 5th has not been admitted by any paramilitary organisation.
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The loyalist paramilitary organisation has claimed responsibility for a series of similar attacks since last October.
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No paramilitary organisation claimed responsibility for the atrocity.
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It represents part of a slow and painstaking transition by a paramilitary organisation to mainstream politics.
Usage of paramilitary force in English
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A paramilitary force said 27 militants were killed in the nearby Buner district.
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Ten members of a government paramilitary force were wounded in the fighting, Bugti said.
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Pakistan's paramilitary force said that the attackers were ethnic Uzbeks.
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Grady said, "I didn't know Homeland Security maintained its own paramilitary force."
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That the police constitute a sizable and disciplined paramilitary force?
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It was the only armed police force and was more akin to a paramilitary force.
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Mesbah-Yazdi's followers have great sway among Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard and the Basij volunteer paramilitary force.
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I'll be right there with you, and we will be surrounded by my powerful paramilitary force.
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Soldiers and members of the Frontier Constabulary, a paramilitary force, responded to the attack, the army said.
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The assault followed a militant attack on a paramilitary force checkpost in which six soldiers were wounded.
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The Frontier Corps is a paramilitary force.
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The Loyalist Volunteer Force was perhaps that most dangerous of groups - a paramilitary force without a cause.
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They also showed that the Home Office seriously considered setting up a separate French CRS-style paramilitary force after Orgreave.
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Rangers are a paramilitary force.
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The European Union launched a new paramilitary force today aimed at tackling post-conflict tensions in regions such as the Balkans.
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We have confirmed reports of 20 deaths on the militant side, said a spokesman for the Mohmand Rifles paramilitary force.
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