Martial
Pertaining to warfare
Martial relates to war, military affairs, or armed combat.
Martial law is military rule imposed during emergencies.
The martial arts are systems of combat training—judo, karate, taekwondo.
A martial spirit is warlike or aggressive.
A court-martial tries military personnel for offenses.
The adjective comes from Mars, Roman god of war.
One skilled in combat
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldierArmed forces member
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
army · war · regiment · barracks · drill · infantry · cavalry · valor
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- kung fuChinese martial discipline
- aikidoThrowing art using redirection
dojo · sensei · belt · sparring · kata · discipline · self-defense · grappling
Of ancient Italy's capital
- satireMockery exposing vice
- LatinAncient Roman language
- witClever, inventive humor
- verseMetered poetic passage
ancient · classical · patronage · lampoon · brevity · couplet · Spain · rhetoric
Mandated return time
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- military ruleGovernment by armed forces
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
occupation · checkpoint · enforcement · authoritarian · state of emergency · coup · restriction · civil liberties
warrior
One skilled in combat
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- soldierArmed forces member
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
tactics · army · war · regiment · barracks · drill · infantry · cavalry · valor · armory
karate
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- kung fuChinese martial discipline
aikido · dojo · sensei · belt · sparring · kata · discipline · self-defense · grappling · striking
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
verse · ancient · classical · patronage · lampoon · brevity · couplet · Spain · rhetoric · irony
curfew
Mandated return time
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- military ruleGovernment by armed forces
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
decree · occupation · checkpoint · enforcement · authoritarian · state of emergency · coup · restriction · civil liberties · tribunal
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- French FootballersHenry, Blanc, Hernandez
- Latin LiteratureCicero, Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Caesar
- Ancient PoetsHomer, Sappho, Virgil, Ovid, Horace
- AphoristsLa Rochefoucauld, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Confucius, Lao Tzu
- classical literatureHomer, Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Plato
Martialpeaceful
Free from disturbance
pacifist · nonviolent · peaceable · antiwar · dovish
Martialcivilian
Non-military person
civil · nonmilitary · democratic · domestic · peacetime
- martial artistCombat discipline practitioner
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- court martialArmed forces criminal proceeding
- mixed martial artsMulti-discipline combat sport
- martial arts master