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Urban Operations: refers to combat, warfare, and military operations in urban areas.

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Words nearby UO

unwritten law, unyielding, unyoke, unzip, unzipped, UO, U. of S. Afr., up, up a creek, up against, upalong

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How to use UO in a sentence

The verbs of this class belong to the sixth ablaut-series ( 12), and accordingly have a in the present; uo in the pret.
A Middle High German Primer|Joseph Wright
The protoxide of uranium (UO) is black, uncrystalline, or forms a brown powder.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe|Anonymous
The feathers were knotted by twos or threes with twisted strands of the olona, the process being called uo.
Hawaiian Folk Tales|Various
He concludes, therefore, if uo signifies heart, that uotan denotes “the inmost heart” or “heart of the expanse.”
Day Symbols of the Maya Year|Cyrus Thomas

But thou maist more fitly dispose and order this proportion thus: As ur, is unto nl: so is uo unto oy.
The Way To Geometry|Peter Ramus