SHAEF
/ (ʃeɪf) /
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noun, acronym for (in World War II)
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
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Words nearby SHAEF
shadowy, Shadrach, shaduf, Shadwell, shady, SHAEF, Shaffer, Shafiʿi, shaft, shaft alley, Shaftesbury
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How to use SHAEF in a sentence
In the event, the enemy did plenty—far more than SHAEF, or for that matter the German high command, imagined possible.