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high command
noun
- the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- the highest headquarters of a military force.
high command
noun
- the commander-in-chief and senior officers of a nation's armed forces
Word History and Origins
Origin of high command1
Example Sentences
The former president instead wants military leadership that mimics the Nazi high command.
Articles in the German press have pointed to the recorded use of the slogan by several high-ranking Nazis, including Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess and the head of the Wehrmacht high command, Wilhelm Keitel.
Perhaps a bigger group in Labour high command is simply desperate for clarity one way or the other.
Part of Israel’s defense is to prove that whatever politicians may have said in public was overruled by executive decisions and official orders from Israel’s war cabinet and its military’s high command.
“These advances have come at the expense of significant losses of equipment and personnel, which the Russian high command is willing to tolerate.”
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