Commandeer
verb
To take control or possession of something, especially for military purposes or by force.
The police commandeered private vehicles to chase the escaped prisoner.
Often appears as...
- commandeer a vehicle
- commandeer resources
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Disapproving
verb
To force into military or public service.
During war times, the government may commandeer men and women into service.
Often appears as...
- commandeer into service
- commandeer into war
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Disapproving
verb
To take control or possession of something, especially for military purposes or by force.
The police commandeered private vehicles to chase the escaped prisoner.
Often appears as...
- commandeer a vehicle
- commandeer resources
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To force into military or public service.
During war times, the government may commandeer men and women into service.
Often appears as...
- commandeer into service
- commandeer into war
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Forceful Action
The word conveys a sense of urgency and authority, often associated with dire circumstances.
Authorities commandeered the building to set up an emergency shelter during the hurricane.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Use
When commandeering, the item is usually taken temporarily and should be returned later.
Due to the crisis, the government commandeered hotels to house displaced families.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Authority
Commandeering is usually done by someone in a position of power, often backed by law.
In the film, the police officer commandeered a car to pursue the bank robbers.
Pro Tip 1/3Forceful Action
The word conveys a sense of urgency and authority, often associated with dire circumstances.
Authorities commandeered the building to set up an emergency shelter during the hurricane.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Use
When commandeering, the item is usually taken temporarily and should be returned later.
Due to the crisis, the government commandeered hotels to house displaced families.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Authority
Commandeering is usually done by someone in a position of power, often backed by law.
In the film, the police officer commandeered a car to pursue the bank robbers.
Pro Tip 1/3Forceful Action
The word conveys a sense of urgency and authority, often associated with dire circumstances.
Authorities commandeered the building to set up an emergency shelter during the hurricane.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Use
When commandeering, the item is usually taken temporarily and should be returned later.
Due to the crisis, the government commandeered hotels to house displaced families.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Authority
Commandeering is usually done by someone in a position of power, often backed by law.
In the film, the police officer commandeered a car to pursue the bank robbers.
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Shah Selbe: Using Tech...
drones now drones have gotten a lot of controversy lately with their use the military I think I've even when I said the word I saw some of you guys cower in fear but you know just like the Internet which kind of originally came under military funding and has been like commandeered by the public I feel like
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
he spoke with an aviator who claimed to have flown a plane that day he went and commandeered with another guy commandeered one of these planes and that this man lit sticks of dynamite and threw them out of an airplane i don't think it was a lot of sticks of dynamite but i think it happened and when you
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The incredible history...
were commandeered by the emperor, including groups of artisans who molded each body part separately to construct statues as individual as the real warriors in the emperor's army. They stand according to rank and feature different weapons and uniforms, distinct hairstyles and expressions,
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Defining cyberwarfare...i...
we have laws to deal with figuring out who should be held accountable for their actions in combat. These legal frameworks aim to contain and prevent atrocities from being more atrocious. Commandeering civilian planes and using them as weapons, dropping atomic bombs,
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Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
he seems to definitely have commandeered this water hall as his and I don't think he's getting much competition for it it's just really strange that he's on his own again Paula you think that he just likes the single life well and he
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Harvey Fineberg: Are we...
from other parts of this tree of life, but actually, for the most part, the basic machinery of our cells is pretty much the same. Do you realize that we can take advantage and commandeer the machinery of a common bacterium
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle. Salmon swim upstream to get to their spawning grounds, and lancet flukes commandeer a passing ant,
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The strange history of...
As Nazi forces advanced, Belgian leaders sent the painting to France. But the Nazis commandeered and moved it to a salt mine converted into a stolen art warehouse that contained over 6,000 masterpieces.
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Are we ready for...
life but actually for the most part the basic machinery of ourselves is pretty much the same do you realize that we can take advantage and commandeer the machinery of a common bacterium to
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How synthetic biology...
you literally had to be that guy, then commandeer one of the world's 19 copies of that computer, then used your Nobel-adjacent brain to teach it checkers. That was the bar.
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Shah Selbe: Using Tech...
drones now drones have gotten a lot of controversy lately with their use the military I think I've even when I said the word I saw some of you guys cower in fear but you know just like the Internet which kind of originally came under military funding and has been like commandeered by the public I feel like
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
he spoke with an aviator who claimed to have flown a plane that day he went and commandeered with another guy commandeered one of these planes and that this man lit sticks of dynamite and threw them out of an airplane i don't think it was a lot of sticks of dynamite but i think it happened and when you
Video examples
The incredible history...
were commandeered by the emperor, including groups of artisans who molded each body part separately to construct statues as individual as the real warriors in the emperor's army. They stand according to rank and feature different weapons and uniforms, distinct hairstyles and expressions,
Video examples
Defining cyberwarfare...i...
we have laws to deal with figuring out who should be held accountable for their actions in combat. These legal frameworks aim to contain and prevent atrocities from being more atrocious. Commandeering civilian planes and using them as weapons, dropping atomic bombs,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
he seems to definitely have commandeered this water hall as his and I don't think he's getting much competition for it it's just really strange that he's on his own again Paula you think that he just likes the single life well and he
Video examples
Harvey Fineberg: Are we...
from other parts of this tree of life, but actually, for the most part, the basic machinery of our cells is pretty much the same. Do you realize that we can take advantage and commandeer the machinery of a common bacterium
Video examples
Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle. Salmon swim upstream to get to their spawning grounds, and lancet flukes commandeer a passing ant,
Video examples
The strange history of...
As Nazi forces advanced, Belgian leaders sent the painting to France. But the Nazis commandeered and moved it to a salt mine converted into a stolen art warehouse that contained over 6,000 masterpieces.
Video examples
Are we ready for...
life but actually for the most part the basic machinery of ourselves is pretty much the same do you realize that we can take advantage and commandeer the machinery of a common bacterium to
Video examples
How synthetic biology...
you literally had to be that guy, then commandeer one of the world's 19 copies of that computer, then used your Nobel-adjacent brain to teach it checkers. That was the bar.
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Quote examples
Max Lucado
American Clergyman
We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.
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Michelle Malkin
American Writer
In the 1970s, 'The Boys on the Bus' exposed how a clubby pack of male political reporters ruled the road to the White House and shaped the news. Four decades later, an outsider gal from Alaska has commandeered the 2012 media bus - and left Beltway journalism insiders eating her dust.
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Brendan I. Koerner
American Author
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
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Heather Cox Richardson
American Historian
In the 1820s, westerners and political outsiders worried that rich men in the east had commandeered the government for their own ends.
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Ernest Mandel
Belgian Author
And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders.
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Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
In America today, unfortunately, the right wing has been totally commandeered by the Tea Party, and it's a bad thing for our party.
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Anand Giridharadas
American Author
America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.
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Max Lucado
American Clergyman
We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.
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Michelle Malkin
American Writer
In the 1970s, 'The Boys on the Bus' exposed how a clubby pack of male political reporters ruled the road to the White House and shaped the news. Four decades later, an outsider gal from Alaska has commandeered the 2012 media bus - and left Beltway journalism insiders eating her dust.
Quote examples
Brendan I. Koerner
American Author
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
Quote examples
Heather Cox Richardson
American Historian
In the 1820s, westerners and political outsiders worried that rich men in the east had commandeered the government for their own ends.
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Ernest Mandel
Belgian Author
And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders.
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Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
In America today, unfortunately, the right wing has been totally commandeered by the Tea Party, and it's a bad thing for our party.
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Anand Giridharadas
American Author
America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.
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