militarily

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Etymology

From military +‎ -ly.

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militarily (comparative more militarily, superlative most militarily)

  1. In a military or martial manner; not peaceably.
  2. By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.
    • 2007 Ranjit Matthews, Re: Senator calls for Mecca and Medina to be nuked in retaliation Group: soc.culture.indian
      If it were, it would lose because you can't defeat a religion militarily. You can. Jahaliya was cleansed out of Arabia. More recently, Sufism was eliminated in the Hejaz. Kafirism was wiped out in Kafiristan (Nuristan).
    The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course of many wars of conquest

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