Term: saber rattling: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: deflagration: combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: pneumococcus: bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: merluccius: hakes
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: orzo: pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: rapper: someone who performs rap music
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: guard's van: the car on a train that is occupied by the guard
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: hay bale: a bale of hay
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: tringa: a genus of Scolopacidae
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: glyburide: an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas
Broader: military action: a military engagement | Unrelated: spermatid: an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon