War vocabulary

1. the act of punishing someone
3. authority given to a person to act for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or the person who this authority is given to
7. a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned, and happens away from the main area of fighting in a war
9. operations, an organized operation to free people from dangers or other life-threatening
12. a short sudden attack usually by a small group of people
13. the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time and place
14. relating to politics
15. an important job especially a military one that someone is sent somewhere to do

2. attack, an attack without warning by people lying in wait in a concealed position or by troops aircraft or other armed forces
4. often using methods that are different from the usual ones
5. relating to the human mind and feelings
6. the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it
8. a situation in which two or more people or things are separated
10. a sudden and great increase
11. forces, military groups who have been specially trained to work in a particular area of