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Definition of court-martial verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

court-martial

verb

[often passive] court-martial somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they court-martial

he / she / it court-martials

past simple court-martialed (Canadian English usually)court-martialled

-ing form court-martialing (Canadian English usually)court-martialling

to hold a trial of someone in a military court He was court-martialed for desertion.

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