court-martial
verb/ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃl/
/ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃl/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they court-martial | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃl/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃl/ |
| he / she / it court-martials | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃlz/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃlz/ |
| past simple court-martialled | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃld/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃld/ |
| past participle court-martialled | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃld/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃld/ |
| (US English) past simple court-martialed | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃld/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃld/ |
| (US English) past participle court-martialed | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃld/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃld/ |
| -ing form court-martialling | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃəlɪŋ/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃəlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form court-martialing | /ˌkɔːt ˈmɑːʃəlɪŋ/ /ˌkɔːrt ˈmɑːrʃəlɪŋ/ |
- to hold a trial of somebody in a military court
- be court-martialled (for something) He was court-martialled for desertion.
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