court-martial
noun
a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
court-martialled
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past participleof court-martial.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof court-martial.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
court-martialnouna court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
Example Sentences
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He said that two army personnel were being court-martialled over the incident and while the case was still in progress, the military had redeployed them and relieved them of their command.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Frémont’s fate was ironic: having accepted the primacy of the Navy, he refused to take orders from the Army general who arrived later, and he was court-martialled on his return to D.C.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
An army doctor examined him and declared him fit in both mind and body and, on 14 February 1916, he was court-martialled for desertion.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2014
Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2011
All I can say is that I have never seen a dead donkey, nor a court-martialled Cossack.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse
