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engage
in
Fearless
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Through hard work and a tight budget, Larry was able to support his family so Janice could be the full-time, dependable, engaged mother she'd never had.
p. 15.8 *

engaged = involved
I thank those who have selflessly pulled themselves off the line to train the next warriors to go forward—so that they may surpass the prowess of those currently engaged.
p. 185.9

engaged = fighting
They're taught to enter the room exactly as we say, clear their lanes as we've instructed, and if there's a target they engage it or they handle it if it's a noncombatant.
p. 202.7

engage = attack
There's one or two guys looking to see if you went down the wall far enough, there's a guy looking at your finger—when it's on the trigger, when it's off—a guy's watching your fields of fire, someone else is watching your eyes, or in Adam's case, eye, assuring that the scenario is being processed, another guy's got a stopwatch, and you've got seconds, split seconds, to engage the right targets.
p. 203.4
Considering the location and the fact that Adam was a Naval Special Warfare sniper who had consistently hit targets a mile away, should an opportunity arise, say, across the river, he could engage the target from a lofty crag, camouflaged within the dark shadow of a rock overhang.
p. 213.7
On one particular assault, "we'd dropped two guys that were directly engaging us, and there was a third guy winging bullets in our general direction," Heath says.
p. 230.2

engaging = attacking
It all happened real fast; this guy was firing at us, we engaged, there was motion to the right, and Adam spun around but didn't fire.
p. 230.9

engaged = attacked
An AC-130 gunship engaged the enemy position, but the fighters were well entrenched in the structure and close air support had little effect.
p. 234.3
Special Warfare Operator First Class (Sea, Air, and Land) Brown maneuvered under intense enemy fire with his assault team and engaged the insurgents at close range with accurate small arms fire and grenades.
p. 234.5
But without being able to positively identify whether they were women, children, or armed males, "our air assets could not engage them," says Matt Mason.
p. 277.4

engage = attack
An AC-130 gunship thousands of feet overhead engaged the enemy that could be positively identified by their weapon fire.
p. 283.8 *

engaged = attacked
No one else but members of Adam's team had the skill, fortitude, or audacity to infiltrate this area undetected and engage the enemy in their own backyard.
p. 298.6

engage = fight
...and the posthumously presented Silver Star for Chief Brown's actions as part of an assault force that executed a daring raid deep into mountainous enemy-occupied terrain in northeastern Afghanistan… while numerous enemy fighters simultaneously engaged the force from the surrounding mountains….
p. 309.6

engaged = attacked

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(1) (engage as in: engage in conversation)
to interact in various ways -- such as to participate, involve, interest, or attract
The exact meaning of this sense of engage depends upon its context. For example:
- "They engaged in debate." -- participated
- "She engaged him in conversation." -- involved
- "She is an engaging conversationalist." -- interesting
- "She has an engaging smile." -- attractive (attracting interest and interaction)
- "The proposal engages the interest of many young voters." -- attracts and involves
- "She engages with her constituents." -- interacts in a meaningful way
- "She engaged in foolish behavior." -- entered into
(2) (engage as in: engage her services)
hire, reserve, book, or occupy
(3) (engaged as in: engaged and then married)
promised to marry
(4) (engage as in: engage the enemy)
begin fighting
(5) (engage as in: engage the gears)
move into position to work; or start
(6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

engage in Fearless (Edited)

engage
in
Fearless
(Edited)