armory (W3)

Die "Wappenkunde", "Heraldik" geht auf die "Waffenmanufaktur" zurück, "armory" = "place where arms are manufactured". Es geht zurück auf "arm" = "Waffe", altfrz. "armoierie", "armoier" = "Wappen ausmalen", lat. "arma" = "Waffen".

blockbuster (W3)

cruel
cruelty (W3)

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For everyones benefit, I have looked up the following words in the Merriam Webster online dictionary, "cruelty" and "cruel". One entry found for "cruel". Main Entry: "cruel" Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): "crueler" or "crueller"; "cruelest" or "cruellest".

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin "crudelis", from "crudus" Date: 14th century
1 : disposed to inflict pain or suffering : devoid of humane feelings
2 a : causing or conducive to injury, grief, or pain
b : unrelieved by leniency Now to me this says it all.
Apart from the medical evidence you have at your disposal, "cruelty" is more about human intent or rather, inhumane intent toward another living creature.
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crusade (W3)

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The word "crusade" comes from the Latin word "crux" which means "cross". A "crusade" is a war fought under the sign of the cross. Make no mistake about it, "crusade" is the Christian synonym for "jihad", the Islamic concept of "holy war". To the ears of Moslems, the word "crusade" bears a thousand years of bad history.
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deploy (W3)

• dt. "Duplikat" = dt. "Zweitausfertigung", "Zweitschrift", "Abschrift", "Durchschlag" zu lat. "duplicatum" = dt. "zweifältig", "verdoppelt", lat. "duplicare"
• dt. "komplizieren" = dt. "verwickeln", "erschweren" (lat. "complicare" = dt. "zusammenfalten", "verwickeln")
• dt. "Komplize", frz. "complice", spätlat. "complexus" = dt. "Verbündete" (der in etwas "verwickelt" ist)
• engl. "apply" = dt. "anwenden", "verwenden"
• engl. "complicate" = dt. "komplizieren"
• engl. "complice" = dt. "Komplize", frz. "complice", spätlat. "complexus" = dt. "Verbündete" (der in etwas "verwickelt" ist)
• engl. "display" = dt. "entfalten", "zeigen"
• engl. "employ" = dt. "anstellen", "einstellen", "beschäftigen", "anwenden", "verwenden"
• engl. "explicate" = dt. "erklären", "entwickeln"
• engl. "explicit" = dt. "deutlich", "klar", "ausdrücklich", wörtlich dt. "auseinandergefaltet"
• engl. "exploit" = dt. "verwerten", "ausbeuten", wörtlich dt. "ausbreiten", "auseinanderfalten"
• engl. "implicate" = dt. "belasten", "implizieren", wörtlich dt. "hineinfalten"
• engl. "implicit" = dt. "eingeschlossen", wörtlich dt. "hineingefaltet"
• engl. "pleat" = dt. "Falte", "falten"
• engl. "plica" = dt. "Hautfalte"
• engl. "plicate" = dt. "faltig", "fächerförmig"
• engl. "plight" = dt. "missliche Lage", "Notlage", "Zwangslage", "Misere"
• engl. "plissé" = dt. "Falte"
• engl. "replicate" = dt. "replizieren", "kopieren", "reproduzieren", "nachbilden"
• engl. "reply" = dt. "antworten", "erwidern" (mfrz. "replier", "reploier" = dt. "wieder zusammenfalten", "zusammenlegen", spätlat. "replicare" = dt. "erwidern")
• engl. "splay" = dt. "ausbreiten", "ausdehnen"
• engl. "supply" = dt. "bereitstellen", "liefern", "beliefern", "versorgen"

• dt. "Amplex" = dt. "liturgische Umarmung bei der Eucharistiefeier", zu lat. "amplexus", "amplecti" = dt. "umschlingen", "umfassen"
• engl. "amplexicaul" = dt. "den Stängel umfassend"
• lat. "amplexicaulis" = dt. "den Stängel umfassend"
• engl. "amplexus", lat. "amplexus" = dt. "Umarmung", "Umschlingung" im Ringkampf, Beischlaf, lat. "amplexus dare" = dt. "umarmen"
• engl. "complect" = dt. "verflechten", "verweben"
• engl. "complex" = dt. "kompliziert", "verwickelt"
• dt. "komplex" = dt. "kompliziert", "verwickelt", zu lat. "complexus", "complecti" = dt. "umschlingen", "umfassen", "zusammenfassen"
• engl. "perplexed" = dt. "verwirrt", "verblüfft", "verdutzt", "bestürzt"
• engl. "pleach" = dt. "flechten"
• engl. "plexus" = dt. "Adergeflecht", "Nervengeflecht", zu lat. "plexus", "plectere" = dt. "flechten"

• engl. "plecopteran" = engl. "belonging or pertaining to the insect order "Plecoptera", comprising the stoneflies"
• nlat. "Plecopter" the order (zu griech. "plék" = dt. "winden", "verdrillen" und griech. "-ptera", "-pteros", "-pterous", "pterón", "ptéryx" = dt. "Flügel", "Feder") so named in reference to the reticulated wings, which twist back upon themselves when the insect is resting
• engl. "plectognath" = engl. "any spiny-finned marine fish of the mainly tropical order "Plectognathi" (or "Tetraodontiformes"), having a small mouth, strong teeth, and small gill openings: includes puffers, triggerfish, trunkfish, sunfish, etc." (neulat. "plectognathus", lat. "plecto-", griech. "plektós" = dt. "geflochten", "verdrillt" und griech. "-gnathus", "-gnathous" = dt. "Kiefer", "Kinnbacken")

• dt. "aufbietend" = engl. "deploying"
• dt. "verteidigen" = engl. "deploy"

ENTRY: "*plek-"

DEFINITION: To plait.
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deploy

"deploy" (v.) 1786 as a military word, from French "déployer" "unroll", "unfold", from Old French "desploiier" "unfold", from Latin "displicare" "unfold", "scatter", from "dis-" (see "dis-") + "plicare" "to fold" see "ply" (v.1)). "In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as "desplay"" [OED]. Related: "Deployed"; "deploying".

CICS-deployed JAR file | deploy | deployed JAR file | deployed security role

• August 12 1999: Deploying Spartan
• December 10 1995: Apollo 14 Deploys ALSEP

deploy

Limericks on "deploy"

deploy
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Definition: a) "to put into place, so as to be ready for action"

German translation: "einsetzen", "anwenden", "aufstellen", "nutzen", "Truppen stationieren"
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deploy

redeploy

deploy

| Available-to-Deploy-Menge | Deployer | deploytes Projekt

| available-to-deploy quantity | deploy (EP) | deploy (SBC) | Deploy Service | deployed project | Deployer

deploy

• "deploy" place troops or weapons in battle formation
• "redeploy" deploy anew

deploy

deploy

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Etymology

From French "déployer" ("to unroll", "unfold"), from Old French "desploier", from Medieval Latin "displicare" ("to unfold", "display"), from Latin "dis-" ("apart") + "plicare" ("to fold").
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"deployieren" "-ir-"; nur subst

a "entfalten", "ausbreiten" [betr Bibl Jena] der Mangel des Raums ein zweckmäßiges D. hindert B16,30,21 Schiller 12.2.02

b milit: "aus der Marschkolonne zur Kampfordnung aufmarschieren" am D. und Marschiren .. spürt man mitunter das Recrutenhafte 341,254,6 ReiseSchweiz 1797 [G/Eckerm]

deployment (W3)

deployment | deployment code | deployment descriptor | deployment directory | hot deployment

Asset Redeployment

Limericks on "counterdeployment"

Limericks on "deployment"

| Central Software Deployment Tool | Client Software Deployment Service | Deployment (BC-CTS) | Deployment (CRM-ISE) | Deployment (CRM-MT) | Deployment (EP-PIN-UNI) | Deployment (EP-VC) | Deployment (SCM-APO-PPS) | Deployment (SCM-APO-SNP) | Deployment (SCM-APO-SPP) | Deployment durchführen | Deployment-Aktion | Deployment-Horizont | Deployment-interne Dekomposition | Deployment-Kennzeichen | Deployment-Konsole | Deployment-Reservierungsmenge | Deployment-Rücknahme | Deployment-Umlagerung | DRP/Deployment-Gesamtbeschaffungszeit | Priorisierung von Deployment-Umlagerungen | Pull-Deployment | Pull-Deployment-Horizont | Push-Deployment (SCM-APO-SPP) | Push-Deployment (SCM-EWM) | Push-Deployment-Horizont | Software Deployment Archive | Software Deployment Manager (BC-JAS) | Software Deployment Manager (BC-JAS) | Web-Channel-Deployment-Unit

| additional web deployment descriptor | Allied Deployment and Movement System | Central Software Deployment Tool | Client Software Deployment Service | deployment (BC-CTS) | deployment (BC-JAS) | deployment (CRM-ISE) | deployment (CRM-MT) | deployment (EP-VC) | deployment (SCM-APO-PPS) | deployment (SCM-APO-SNP) | deployment (SCM-APO-SPP) | Deployment Action | Deployment Console | deployment descriptor | deployment horizon | deployment indicator | deployment manager | deployment operation lock | deployment reservation quantity | deployment stock transfer | deployment unit | global web deployment descriptor | initial deployment | internal deployment decomposition | ME Deployment | Multisite Workforce Deployment | portal integration and information deployment | prioritization of deployment stock transfers | pull deployment | pull deployment horizon | push deployment (SCM-APO-SPP) | push deployment (SCM-EWM) | push deployment horizon | Software Deployment Archive | Software Deployment Manager | total DRP/deployment lead time | undeployment | Web Channel deployment unit | workforce deployment | Workforce Deployment - Limited Access for Manager | Workforce Deployment - Open Access for Manager

brownfield deployment

deployment

greenfield deployment

• "deployment": the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work
• "redeployment": the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively

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Etymology

From French "déploiement"
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Epaulette
epaulet
épaulette
spallina
contre-épaulette (W3)

An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy - that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.

épée (W3)

Freelancer, lancieren, lancer, lance corporal, Lanzette, lancet, lance, Lanze, Lançade, Lancier, lancet window, lanciert, Lancierrohr, launch, launch out (W2)

The word's etymology derives from the medieval term for a mercenary, a "free lance", which literally described a knight who was not attached to any particular lord, and could be hired for a given task.

Garrison cap (W3)

guardian
Language of war

Guardian
The language of war

Working with words thrown up by a 'blue-collar' war:

As in previous wars, the present conflict in Iraq is bringing us new ways of speaking about the unspeakable. While some of these coinages may help us to get a better understand of the thinking behind the military and political processes, others can sound like examples of George Orwell's Newspeak - and do not inspire confidence.
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• Decapitation exercise
• Tip-fiddle
• friendly fire
• Mirror-imaging
• Blue-collar warfare
• Thwack

The language of war
Decoding the military jargon
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The language of war
An occasional series in which the Guardian decodes the language of war
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• Kinetic targeting
• Liberty lip lock

• Traction
• Embedding

• Training wheels
• An ugly place
• John Major good

• Hard routine
• Looting fatigue

• Pantheon of failed brutal dictators
• Demonstration effect
• Regime goons
• Battle space

• Presence of leadership
• Real estate
• The Basra effect
• Hungry for bombs
• Fire discipline

guardian - War of words (Denglish)

Hobart's Funnies (W3)

Die Hobart's Funnies waren ungewöhnlich modifizierte Panzerfahrzeuge, die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs von der 79. Britischen Panzerdivision eingesetzt und von den Royal Engineers betrieben wurden.
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Der Entwicklungsauftrag und das Schulen der Besatzungen für eben diese wurden in die Hände des Waffenexperten "Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart" gelegt, nach dem die komplette Baureihe benannt wurde. Der Name "Funnies" daher, weil die Fahrzeuge teilweise sehr ungewöhnlich aussahen.
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knight
Warum heisst der englische 'Ritter' 'Knecht'? (W2)

MI5, GCHQ, DIS, JIC (W3)

The Security Service has had a variety of names, most famously "MI5", since it was established in 1909. This has often led to confusion about what the Service has been called at various points in its history.

This page provides a quick reference to the evolution of the Security Service over the past century.

• October 1909: The Security Service is founded as the Home Section of the Secret Service Bureau, under Captain Vernon Kell. (See "Origins.")
• April 1914: The Home Section of the Secret Service Bureau becomes a subsection of the War Office's Directorate of "Military Operations, section 5" ("MO5"). It is given the name MO5(g).
• September 1916: MO5(g) becomes "MI5" ("Military Intelligence section 5").
• 1929: "MI5" is renamed as the "Defence Security Service".
• 1931: The "Defence Security Service" becomes the "Security Service", the name by which it is still known today. However, "MI5" is still widely used as a short alternative to our official name.

See also "SIS or MI6: What's in a name?" on the Secret Intelligence Service's website. You can read more about the history of the Security Service in our history pages.

Militarism (W3)

oxforddictionaries.com
100 words that define the First World War

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) World War I timeline shows some of the ways in which the events of the First World War left their mark on the English language.
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• "Flanders mud" (November 1914)
• "trench boots" and "trench coats" (both December 1914)
• "trench foot" and "shell shock" (January 1915)
• "Gallipoli" (1915)
• "Anzac" (April 1915)
• "Aussie" (1915 as a noun)
• "choom" (June 1916)
• "tank" (1916)
• "anti-aircraft" and "Archie" (both 1914)
• "Zeppelining" (1916)
• "tailspin" (1916)
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Other clusters of words tell other stories, and you can explore these by clicking on any of the flags. Each word has one or more early illustrative sentences. You can see the first known use of each word by clicking ‘Read more’, which will take you to the OED entry; the entries for all 100 words have been made free to non-subscribers.

2014 marks the start of the first centenary of World War One and the Oxford English Dictionary will be exploring the language of the First World War throughout the centenary period.

Here you will find articles and features that trace the significant influence of the First World War on English vocabulary. You can explore the new terms for vehicles, weapons, and wartime concepts; how soldier’s slang became part of vocabulary; as well as words and phrases that are so well known now, you may not be aware of their First World War origins.
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redoubt
Duce
reduzieren (W3)

redoubtable (W3)

roger, R, Jolly Roger (W2)

SIS (W3)

SIS OR MI6. WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The origins of the "Secret Intelligence Service" ("SIS") are to be found in the Foreign Section of the "Secret Service Bureau", established by the Committee of Imperial Defence in October 1909. The Secret Service Bureau was soon abbreviated to "Secret Service", "SS Bureau" or even "SS". The first head of the Foreign Section, Captain Sir "Mansfield Cumming" RN, signed himself "MC" or "C" in green ink. Thus began the long tradition of the head of the Service adopting the initial "C" as his symbol.

Cumming sought to ensure that the Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau maintained a degree of autonomy but the War Office, in particular, managed to exercise extensive control over his actions. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 brought a need for even closer cooperation with "military intelligence" organisations within the War Office. The most significant manifestation of this was the virtual integration of the Foreign Section within the "Military Intelligence Directorate". Thus, for much of the war, Cumming's organisation was known as "MI1(c)". This arrangement did not sit well with Cumming who regretted this diminution of his independence. As a naval officer he was less than pleased at appearing under the auspices of the War Office.

The debate over the future structure of British Intelligence continued at length after the end of hostilities but Cumming managed to engineer the return of the Service to Foreign Office control. At this time the organisation was known in Whitehall by a variety of titles including the "Foreign Intelligence Service", the "Secret Service", "MI1(c)", the "Special Intelligence Service" and even "C's organisation". Around 1920, it began increasingly to be referred to as the "Secret Intelligence Service" ("SIS"), a title that it has continued to use to the present day and which was enshrined in statute in the Intelligence Services Act 1994.

"MI6" has become an almost interchangeable title for "SIS", at least in the minds of those outside the Service. The origins of the use of this other title are to be found in the late 1930s when it was adopted as a flag of convenience for "SIS". It was used extensively during the Second World War, especially if an organisational link needed to be made with "MI5" (the Security Service). Although "MI6" fell into official disuse years ago, many writers and journalists continue to use it to describe "SIS".

tussle (W3)

Tulyie, tulzie, a squabble; a tussle.

Never Bolt Your Door with A Boiled Carrot (full episode)

Posted by Grant Barrett on September 12, 2009 · 38 Comments

Proverbs pack great truths into a few well-chosen words, no matter which language you speak. Check out this one from Belize: “Don’t call the alligator a big-mouth till you have crossed the river.” And this truism from Zanzibar: “When two elephants tussle, it’s the grass that suffers.” Martha and Grant discuss a new paremiography — a collection of proverbs — from around the world.

This episode originally aired October 4, 2008.

Listen here: 51:00min

Download the MP3 here (23.5 MB).

vanguard
avant-garde (W3)

Victory (W3)

May 12, 2011 Victory Day

May 20, 2009 Russia observes Victory Day

Dig For Victory Leaflet

Victory Seeds

war
war-dialling
war-driving
war-walking
war-chalking (W3)

weapon (W3)