Term: trip wire: a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: canal: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: substitute: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: sheet pile: a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: texture: the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: consolation: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: hindgut: the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: ascariasis: infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: soft shield fern: European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: tabernacle: (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
Broader: military unit: a unit that is part of some military service | Unrelated: wild licorice: North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties