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operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
surgical procedure
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U.S. special operations forces began to do dry runs of the extraction, practicing on a replica of his Caracas compound at a military base.

From The Wall Street Journal

He described it as a "law enforcement operation", and said Maduro was arrested on the ground by FBI agents.

From BBC

Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.

From The Wall Street Journal

Absent a much larger U.S. military operation, they might be unwilling to cooperate.

From The Wall Street Journal

When that limit is exceeded, the plasma often becomes unstable, disrupting confinement and threatening the operation of the device.

From Science Daily