supreme command
Highest military control
Supreme command is the highest military authority over armed forces, especially during wartime.
The person holding supreme command has final decision-making power over all military operations: Eisenhower held supreme command of Allied forces in Europe.
The term emphasizes both the scope of authority and its position at the top of the chain of command.
- headquartersCentral command location
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- final sayUltimate deciding authority
- generalissimoAbsolute military commander
warlord · top brass · marshal · dictate · sovereign · orders · battlefield · strategy · emperor · absolute · military · military junta · martial law · dominion · chief · overlord · throne · power
supreme commandsubordination
Lower position in hierarchy
rank and file · enlisted ranks · junior officer · private · foot soldier
supreme commandsubservience
Excessive willingness to obey
taking orders · servitude · powerlessness · obedience · deference
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