"SERE" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪɚ/ [US], /sɪə̯(ɹ)/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} SERE (uncountable)
  1. (military) Acronym of survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (“training to prepare Western forces to survive when evading or captured”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: survival (extra: training to prepare Western forces to survive when evading or captured), evasion (extra: training to prepare Western forces to survive when evading or captured), resistance (extra: training to prepare Western forces to survive when evading or captured), and escape (extra: training to prepare Western forces to survive when evading or captured)
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