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View synonyms for selective service

selective service

noun

  1. compulsory military service.


selective service

noun

  1. (formerly) compulsory military service under which men were conscripted selectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of selective service1

First recorded in 1919
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Example Sentences

I'm opposed to dictators, myself; that—and the Selective Service law, of course—was why I was a soldier.

This was intensified throughout the land by the operation of the Selective Service Act.

Cadigan Exhibit No. 21 includes the selective service registration certificate we have been discussing, is that correct?

July 20—Drawing at Washington of names for first army under selective service.

Selective Service wanted to eliminate the quota system altogether.

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