Minutemen
Ready at notice
Capitalized Minutemen typically refers to the influential 1980s California punk band known for their eclectic, politically charged music and rapid-fire song structures.
It may also designate specific organizations, including a controversial civilian border patrol group active in the 2000s, or U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles. (Lowercase minutemen refers to Revolutionary War militia.)
Raw, fast rock genre
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- politicalOf government matters
- indie rockSelf-released alternative music genre
- hardcoreUncompromisingly devoted
Ocean-spanning nuclear delivery system
- missile siloUnderground warhead housing
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
nuclear triad · Air Force · ballistic · warhead · solid fuel · retaliation · underground · Great Plains
Company identifying symbol
- mascotGroup's symbolic figure
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
punk
Raw, fast rock genre
- eclecticDeriving from varied sources
- politicalOf government matters
- indie rockSelf-released alternative music genre
ICBM
Ocean-spanning nuclear delivery system
- missile siloUnderground warhead housing
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
strategic · nuclear triad · Air Force · ballistic · warhead · solid fuel · retaliation · underground · Great Plains
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Company identifying symbol
- mascotGroup's symbolic figure
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- US MilitaryArmy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Pentagon, West Point
- Fictional Groupsguild, brotherhood, order, legion, league
- Kids TVSesame Street, SpongeBob, Arthur, Rugrats, Clifford
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- 18th Century GroupsFounding Fathers, Continental Congress, Sons of Liberty, Jacobins, Freemasons
Minutemenregular army
Nation's permanent military force
standing army · Continental Army · mercenaries · Hessians · regulars
Minutemenfederal agents
National law enforcement officers