ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Israeli Defense Force mean? 

• ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (noun)
  The noun ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the ground and air and naval forces of Israel

  Familiarity information: ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ground and air and naval forces of Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

IDF; Israeli Defense Force

Hypernyms ("Israeli Defense Force" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Meronyms (parts of "Israeli Defense Force"):

sayeret; Sayeret Mat'kal; Sayeret Matkal (Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions)

Domain region:

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)