hostile expedition

Noun
  1. A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country (synset 100970583)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: campaign, military campaign - several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
    subtypes: crusade - any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
    same as: expedition, military expedition

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