Pentagon
Military command center
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington, Virginia.
Named for its distinctive five-sided shape, it's one of the world's largest office buildings.
By metonymy, "the Pentagon" refers to U.S. military leadership and policy: The Pentagon announced new troop deployments. (Lowercase pentagon is any five-sided shape.)
Aggressive act against another
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- crashSudden violent impact
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
rebuilding · tribute · heroes · anniversary · September 11 · terrorism · hijacking · recovery
Central command location
- generalsBroad statements or commanders
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- briefingConcise information session
spokesperson · official · budget · procurement · contractor · defense · armed forces · strategy
attack
Aggressive act against another
first responders · rebuilding · tribute · heroes · anniversary · September 11 · terrorism · hijacking · recovery · resilience
headquarters
Central command location
- generalsBroad statements or commanders
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
briefing · spokesperson · official · budget · procurement · contractor · defense · armed forces · strategy · intelligence
building
Enclosed roofed structure
courtyard · concrete · massive · sprawling · offices · construction · renovation · landmark · structure · façade
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- US Governmentexecutive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, Congress, House
- DC LandmarksWhite House, Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial
- East Coast LandmarksStatue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, White House, Capitol Building, Empire State Building
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, cabinet secretary
- federal governmentexecutive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, agencies, bureaus
PentagonState Department
Federal foreign affairs office
Department of State · Capitol · Capitol Hill · Foggy Bottom · Congress
PentagonUnited Nations
International governmental organization
peace movement · Peace Corps · Geneva · Red Cross · disarmament
- The PentagonU.S. defense headquarters
- Pentagon PapersLeaked Defense Department documents
- inverted pentagramStar with vertex pointing down