aberration

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ab·er·ra·tion - Annie T.

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 * > Name: || Annie Trexler ||
 * > Word: || aberration ||
 * > Source: || [//The Savage Wars of Peace//, Max Boot, "Another American Way of War", Preface, xiv.] ||
 * > Appropriate Definition || [Noun]- the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course*- the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state ||
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 * > Context Sentences: || "America's only experiences with total war in which the nation stalked all of its blood and treasure to achieve the relativity quick and unconditional surrender of the enemy. Yet somehow many of us have come to think of Gettysburg and D-Day--Conventional, set-piece engagements--as the norm, not the **aberration**. Some historians even speak of an "American way of war": war the annihilates of the enemy; war that relies on advanced technology and massive firepower to minimize casualties among U.S. forces; war that calls on legions of citizen soldiers; war that results in total victory" (Boot, xiv). ||

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