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COURT-MARTIAL

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Irregular inflected forms: court-martialled    , court-martialling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trial that is conducted by a military court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("court-martial" is a kind of...):

trial ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

military law (the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel)

Derivation:

court-martial (subject to trial by court-martial)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("court-martial" is a kind of...):

military court (a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "court-martial"):

drumhead court-martial (a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action)

special court-martial (a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers)

Derivation:

court-martial (subject to trial by court-martial)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to trial by court-martial

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "court-martial" is one way to...):

adjudicate; judge; try (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

court-martial (a trial that is conducted by a military court)

court-martial (a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law)

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