fighting capability

collocation in English

meaningsoffightingandcapability

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fighting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
the act of people fighting, especially in ...
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capability
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the ability to ...
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(Definition offightingandcapabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffighting capability

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The role of religion in enhancing thefightingcapabilityof groups leads to the last important consequence of religion.
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Sadly, it confirms that we are still not getting the modernfightingcapabilitywhich we should have from the resources being made available.
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We did not undertake the strategic defence review to create a monument to the past, but to create effectivefightingcapabilityfor the future.
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Our most numerous and widely deployed ships are frigates—the smallest single ocean-going units with an effectivefightingcapability.
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In a sense, one can say that, post-war, our surface-to-surfacefightingcapabilityhas been split.
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That is to restore the properfightingcapabilityof our front-line soldiers, sailors and airmen.
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They would not be capable of replicating the current firefightingcapability.
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The anti-tank mine is intended to prevent physically the passage of military vehicles with consequential effect on the enemy'sfightingcapability.
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In particular, the aircraft carriers represent a wholly self-containedfightingcapability, with their own fuel, ammunition, stores and equipment.
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It will not have a firefightingcapability.
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If all the money released were to be used to help enhance ourfightingcapability, that would be fine.
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Indeed, with a strict limit on the amount of money available for defence, it can do this only at the expense of itsfightingcapability.
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