Synonyms for militia
mɪˈlɪʃ əmili·ti·a

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1. militia, reservesnoun

   civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

   Synonyms:
   reserves

2. militianoun

   the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service

   "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution

   Synonyms:
   reserves

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1. • Body
   • Military
   • Military Unit

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1. militianoun

   Synonyms:
   trainband

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1. militianoun

   Synonyms:
   troops, military, trainband

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1. List of paraphrases for "militia":

   militias, militiamen, guerrilla, posse, interahamwe

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1. Salem Abdullah al-Soqotri:

   We are dealing with a militia that revolted against the state and its legitimacy.

2. Youssef Sadaki:

   A terrorist militia now controls the capabilities of millions and threatens Kurdish areas as well. HTS controls every point, and the troops coming in from Arsal on the Lebanese border are only giving more power to HTS. That means no group on the ground has the strength to fight them, this is a real war and this will affect the U.S interests outside the Middle East. These non-state actors spread like fungus everywhere.

3. State John Kerry:

   There is a specific U.N. resolution outside of this agreement that prohibits them from sending weapons to Hezbollah. There is a separate and specific U.N. resolution that prohibits them from sending weapons to the Shia militia in Iraq.

4. Darrel Paue:

   Theres only one state militia and all the other ones are just a bunch of hootenannies. Theyre the ones that gives us a bad name.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   We should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad’s armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.