Meanings
- governmentPrepared for combat or military operations.
To define the specific preservation, maintenance and depreservation necessary to maintain FMC aircraft combat ready while in prepositioned storage.
1984, United States Army Aviation Digest, page 41 more example
Based on our analysis above we can conclude that it is unlikely that the Federal Programme will result in the emergence of truly new, modern, and professional Armed Forces in Russia. But can the country achieve at least the creation of a few combat-ready units? In our view even this is more than doubtful, since the specific culture of conscript Armed Forced seems to prohibit the creation of even a small number of professional units.
2004, Alexander Golts, “Military Reform in Russia: Conscription versus Professionalism”, in Kristina Spohr Readman, editor, Building Sustainable and Effective Military Capabilities: A Systemic Comparison of Professional and Conscript Forces (Science and Technology Policy; 45), Amsterdam: IOS Press, →ISBN, part IV (Reforming Postcommunist Militaries – The Difficulties of Changing Structures and Cultures), page 140Synonyms: operational
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePrepared for combat or military operations.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveengaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian боеспособен
- боеспособен (boesposoben)prepared for combat or military operations
German einsatzbereit
- einsatzbereitprepared for combat or military operations
Hungarian harcképes
- harcképesprepared for combat or military operations
Polish w gotowości bojowej
- w gotowości bojowejprepared for combat or military operations
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combat-ready. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/combat-ready
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