"MRC" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: MRCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MRC (plural MRCs)
  1. (military) Initialism of major regional conflict. Wikipedia link: MRC Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: major regional conflict Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-MRC-en-noun--V4C4aks Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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