expedition

(n) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country hostile expedition, military expedition,
(n) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- an expedition was sent to explore Mars
(n) a journey organized for a particular purpose
(n) a journey taken for pleasure
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, junket, sashay,
(n) the property of being prompt and efficient
- it was done with dispatch
expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch,

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