Military Expedition (Noun)
Meaning
A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The military expedition to Afghanistan was launched to defeat the terrorist organization that had planned and executed the attacks on the homeland.
- The government authorized a military expedition to the neighboring country to protect its citizens from the ongoing conflict.
- Historians often debate the motivations behind the military expedition led by Napoleon to Egypt in 1798.
- The media reported on the military expedition that resulted in the overthrow of the tyrannical regime, but the true details of the operation remain classified.
- The ill-fated military expedition to the continent during the early years of colonization was marked by disease, starvation, and brutal conflicts with indigenous populations.