[Ads-l] kinetic

[Jonathan Lighter]

'Involving offensive military action or active fire.' This specific
military sense is not in  MW, but I've been hearing it almost every day on
the news.  It strikes me as recent.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/world/live-news/iran-war-news :
Pausing US “kinetic activity” around the Strait of Hormuz could help bring
moderate voices in the Iranian regime back to the negotiating table, he
said.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/089bc1a2fe684405a67d67f13bd31324 :
The Iran and Axis Response feature represents Iranian and Axis of
Resistance retaliatory strikes against the US, Israel, and countries
hosting US bases, and other targets. The feature consists of discrete
kinetic events recorded by date, location, and actor.

JL

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