Synonym: reserves. Similar words: humility, militant, military, militate, millilitre, militarism, similitude, verisimilitude. Meaning: [mɪ'lɪʃə] 
n. 1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army 2. the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
n. 1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army 2. the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service. 
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1. Our militia fired off volley after volley from anti - aircraft artillery.
2. The militia succeeded in ambushing the invading enemy soldiers.
3. The militia in Lebanon has agreed to pull out of Beirut.
4. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks.
5. There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.
6. Off to one side, the militia was heaping up wood for a bonfire.
7. He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16.
8. The militia is / are sometimes used for dealing with riots.
9. The government called out the militia to help cope with the rioting.
10. In Czechoslovakia, the People's Militia perform a similar role.
11. The militia dispersed the rioters.
12. It is unclear who is leading the militia squads.
13. He thought they were the local militia.
14. The free Negro militia ingratiated themselves with the white community by offering to assist in military operations against the slaves.
15. Twenty years of litigation followed before militia leader John D.. Lee paid for the massacre with his life.
16. Army commanders were preparing to dislodge the militia from the capital.
17. The two militia leaders had been boycotting the Cabinet for several months.
18. According to the Bolsheviks' own admission, the local militia was incapacitated.
19. Until their dissolution in 1832, the Militia was the most numerous body in the archipelago.
20. Four other militia and Securitate members also received prison sentences.
21. A commander in each county was to have charge of the local militia.
22. It adopted on April 8 a resolution on establishing a Moscow municipal militia.
23. The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.
24. To minimize risks(Sentencedict.com), they would not be required to disarm the several militia groups responsible for recent massacres.
25. You will all be taken into custody and escorted to Burford by the militia.
26. Kamonela was murdered in the deprived Harare suburb of Epworth by the government militia because of his opposition sympathies.
27. Karimov issued a general amnesty[sentencedict.com], but a rally organized by democratic movements on Aug. 26 was broken up by militia.
28. But among those in the forest, the hold of the militia has begun to loosen after two months of hardship.
29. When the police proved unable to handle them, the militia was called out.
30. In New Orleans in May 1861, disturbances among the slave population were suppressed by the militia.
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