combat-ready
[ kom-bat-red-ee, kuhm- ]
/ ˈkɒm bætˈrɛd i, ˈkʌm- /
adjective
sufficiently equipped, trained, and numerically strong to engage an enemy.
RELATED CONTENT
Ready For Some Craic? It’s The Word Of The Day Quiz!Feeling bunglesome with your language this week. Take this quiz—it will help. If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Improve your vocabulary with our Visual Word of the Day videos. See this week’s here. Tell us your favorite word from this week below (and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter)!
Nearby words
combat infantryman badge, combat neurosis, combat team, combat trousers, combat zone, combat-ready, combatant, combative, combe, combe-capelle man, combed yarn
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for combat-ready
However, there are hundreds of combat-ready aircraft in countries bordering Iraq and Syria.