Word "ACTION" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a military engagement
Synonyms:
military action
Examples:
he saw action in Korea

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
Synonyms:
action at law, legal action

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
Synonyms:
action mechanism
Examples:
the piano had a very stiff action

Crossword Clues for ACTION

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Clue Source Date
What verbs signify Newsday 27 Jul 2025
CIA not mobilising - Director called it
One of which speak louder than words
Events taking place in a film or play (6)
Director's cry Newsday 13 Jul 2025
Director's call for battle
Movement to put first part of play on (6)
Armed conflict I observed in part of London
Small part father lost in combat (6)
A tonic stirs you to movement (6)
Director's call to start the fighting (6)
Director's call LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2025
Party leader evicted by force (6)
'Suit the ___ to the word, the word to the ___ (Hamlet) (6)
___ film, one with a fast-moving plot, often with violent scenes (6)
Deed Mirror Quick 16 Apr 2025
Work or strike? Mirror Cryptic 16 Apr 2025
In a west London town, I make a case
Genre with gun fights and car chases
Film director's "Begin!" Newsday 31 Mar 2025
CIA not affected by the armed conflict (6)
Deed of country's leader in country without leader (6) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Mar 2025
Keep performing, securing a single engagement (6) The Guardian Cryptic 20 Mar 2025
Out of ______ or ___--replay (6)
Coat in deed (6)
Paralytic one is watched again (6,6)
Warfare The Times Sunday Concise 23 Feb 2025
Director's directive New York Times 23 Feb 2025
Cain criminally gets around to execution (6)
Litigation The Sun Two Speed 11 Feb 2025
Deed used in legal battle The Sun Two Speed 11 Feb 2025
Jamie Foxx & Cameron Diaz are "Back in _"
CIA not involved in conflict (6)
Film director's cry The Sun Mini 28 Jan 2025
"Citadel" genre TV 26 Jan 2025
Legal proceeding The Times Concise 18 Jan 2025
Gesture that produces court proceedings (6)
______ replay or ___--stations (6)
Movement, or a battle (6)
Lights, camera, . . . (6)
Something that you do
Director's shout gets a conservative into trouble (6)
Director's call The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Dec 2024
Encounter performance (6)
Film genre with car chases Commuter 27 Nov 2024
A tonic might produce movement (6)
Some attractions speak louder than words
Industrial ___ or --replay (6)
Suit the deed
Cry on the movie set Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2024
Director's "go"
Deed Mirror Classic 06 Nov 2024
Director's bark
"Last ___ Hero"; 1993 fantasy film
Director's shout USA Today 27 Oct 2024
The fighting line in a London district (6)
Shout on the set Thomas Joseph 12 Oct 2024
(and 3 Down) A certain ploy perhaps that helps you to understand what happened (6,6)
What the director shouts when the play starts? (6)
Process of doing something Mirror Tea Time 27 Sep 2024
Steven Seagal genre Commuter 26 Sep 2024
Suit, one seen in part of West London The Times Quick Cryptic 23 Sep 2024
World in ___, documentary series that ran from the 1960s to the 1990s (6) Puzzler 19 Sep 2024
Court proceedings the soldier may be engaged in (6)
Suit an engagement (6)
Deed Mirror Quick 16 Aug 2024
Work or strike? Mirror Cryptic 16 Aug 2024
See 4 The Guardian Cryptic 01 Aug 2024
See 4 The Guardian Cryptic 31 Jul 2024
Atonic (anag) (6)
A tonic results in activity (6)
Start to shoot in army engagement The Times Sunday Cryptic 14 Jul 2024
Deed, feat (6)
Process of doing something Mirror Tea Time 12 Jul 2024
Current type gets into bad deed (6)
What the director shouts as the play starts? (6)
Start performing! (6)
___ Man, boy's toy (6) Puzzler 13 Jun 2024
Deed from dissenting group non-starter (6)
Can it circle in battle? (6)
Movie genre for Jason Statham
Genre of pretty much every Steven Seagal movie
Battle suit (6)
A court, one working with agent, set down short rerun (6,6)
Litigation The Sun Two Speed 04 May 2024
Order to begin shooting in battle The Sun Two Speed 04 May 2024
Performance of first part of play being staged (6)
Fighting a lawsuit
The movement of the drama that takes place in the courtroom (6)
Combat in war
Performance in coat (6)
Engagement with a playful little man (6)
Perform with one working on the front line (6)
Excitement fighting lawsuit (6)
Movement led to some satisfaction (6)
It's something to do with fighting (6)
Fighting will cause a lawsuit (6)
Getting into trouble on account of fighting (6)
Fighting extremists emerging from factions The Guardian Quiptic 11 Mar 2024
"Last ___ Hero"; Schwarzenegger movie
Something that's done fighting lawsuit
Public sale to offload university deed (6)
Movement indicates first part of play is being performed (6)
Deed exhibited by leaderless dissenting group (6) Puzzler Cryptic 13 Feb 2024
___ painting, development of abstract expressionism also called tachisme (6)
Manoeuvre in which cat given a turn in catching ring (6)
First part of play connected with fighting
Fighting a case
First part of play performing in battle (6)
What the director shouts to start filming (6)
------ replay or -----stations (6)
Dissident group ousting leader in fratricidal gesture The Guardian Cryptic 17 Jan 2024
Dissident group ousting leader in fratricidal gesture (6)
Take __; do something Commuter 21 Dec 2023
And perform a little bit in most of battled (6)
One that speaks louder than words
Director's cry
You leave the auction with a gesture (6)
"Lights, camera, __!" Commuter 02 Dec 2023
The splinter group is initially lacking a lawsuit (6)
Fighting group losing its leader The Telegraph Toughie 01 Dec 2023
Fighting group losing its leader (6)
Director's cry Thomas Joseph 24 Nov 2023
Fighting Bill in boxing ring The Guardian Cryptic 31 Oct 2023
Litigation The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2023
Deed used for legal battle The Sun Two Speed 28 Oct 2023
Lights, camera, ___ The Guardian Quick 24 Oct 2023
Director's cry The Times Concise 11 Sep 2023
Instruction to players to start fighting The Guardian Cryptic 08 Sep 2023
Carry out director's instruction The Telegraph Toughie 29 Aug 2023
Deed or legal proceeding Irish Times Simplex 22 Apr 2023
Fighting for suit measure Irish Times Crosaire 15 Apr 2023
Rearrange coat in either half of suitcase The Guardian Cryptic 11 Apr 2023
Movie genre ... or a shout on a movie set New York Times 26 Feb 2023
Movie genre ? or a shout on a movie set New York Times 26 Feb 2023
'Lights, camera, ___!' USA Today 18 Feb 2023
Activity The Guardian Quick 28 Jan 2023
Word a director shouts Family Time 02 Jan 2023
Movie genre with car chases USA Today 30 Dec 2022
It's done Universal 24 Nov 2022
Director's call Eugene Sheffer 15 Oct 2022
Exploit small group without following The Times Cryptic 15 Sep 2022
Fighting lawsuit The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Aug 2022
Director's cry Thomas Joseph 05 Aug 2022
"Lights, camera, ___!" Universal 21 Jul 2022
Activity Canadiana 18 Jul 2022
Battle of party losing head The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jul 2022
No opening for group court case The Telegraph Toughie 23 Jun 2022
Word after "lights" and "camera" on a film set
Film genre Wall Street Journal 25 May 2022
Armed conflict The Times Concise 02 Mar 2022
Movie director's shout USA Today 19 Feb 2022
Lawsuit The Telegraph Quick 14 Dec 2021
Legal proceeding Irish Times Simplex 09 Dec 2021
Lawsuit; deed The Times Concise 22 Nov 2021
Armed conflict The Times Concise 06 Nov 2021
Word a director shouts Family Time 25 Oct 2021
Leader of dissenting group ousted in lawsuit
Deed or legal proceeding Irish Times Simplex 23 Sep 2021
Director’s cry Wall Street Journal 15 Sep 2021
First part of play has touching effect
Behaviour of clique ousting leader
Movie director's ''Start!'' Newsday 31 May 2021
Lawsuit father's taken out of proportion The Telegraph Toughie 28 May 2021
Working in a group that has no leader
First part of a play with number going round fighting The Telegraph Cryptic 05 May 2021
Legal proceeding Irish Times Simplex 05 May 2021
Fighting    court case
What the director called fringe movement needs no introduction Irish Times Crosaire 19 Mar 2021
Process of doing something The Times Concise 28 Jan 2021
Roll call? New York Times 14 Jan 2021
Battle; litigation The Telegraph Quick 02 Jan 2021
Order to begin shooting in battle The Sun Two Speed 10 Dec 2020
Litigation The Sun Two Speed 10 Dec 2020
Behaviour The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2020
Legal case resulting from instruction to shoot The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Oct 2020
Fighting to get something done
Something done one's seen in part of London The Telegraph Toughie 21 Jul 2020
Director's cry Thomas Joseph 01 Jul 2020
Start of play about fighting
Deed used for legal battle The Sun Two Speed 10 Jun 2020
Director's "Start!" Universal 07 Jun 2020
Director's ''Begin!'' Newsday 01 Jun 2020
Order to begin shooting in battle
Energy of irradiated cation
Deed or legal proceeding Irish Times Simplex 31 Mar 2020
Lawsuit The Telegraph Quick 25 Mar 2020
Start filming battle
Armed conflict; lawsuit The Times Concise 26 Feb 2020
What the director called fringe movement losing the head Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2020
See 11ac.
Director's call Eugene Sheffer 06 Nov 2019
Operation to purge wings of dissenting groups
The process of doing something Irish Times Simplex 10 Sep 2019
A case for fighting
Opening section of play maybe concerning battle
Begin filming current heavyweight without one
Party dropping first court case
Director's cue USA Today 26 Jun 2019
Order to start shooting in battle
Combat The Times Concise 23 Jun 2019
Lawsuit; something done The Times Concise 17 Jun 2019
Set cry Wall Street Journal 06 Jun 2019
Rebellious group loses its first battle
Dissenting group dropping original lawsuit
Movie genre, or director's command Universal 05 Feb 2019
Carry out instruction from director The Telegraph Toughie 05 Feb 2019
Process I discovered in part of west London The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jan 2019
Genre for Dwayne Johnson
Movie genre, or director's command
Set cry
Director's cue
Deed used in legal battle The Sun Two Speed 15 Sep 2018
Business suit
A court has one in progress?
In drama, Aristotle’s three unities are those of ____, time and place The Times Specialist Sunday 19 Aug 2018
Firearm feature Canadiana 23 Jul 2018
Thing screamed on a set Universal 11 Jun 2018
Fighting, it arises during a party
Lawsuit in France taken out of proportion
Lawsuit; thing done The Times Concise 26 Feb 2018
Leaderless splinter group gets something done
Take rebel out of Celebration? That's the director's call! Irish Times Crosaire 17 Feb 2018
Thing screamed on a set
Lure for a gambler New York Times 25 Nov 2017
Deed The Times Concise 08 Nov 2017
Call on the set Wall Street Journal 13 Sep 2017
Shout on the set Thomas Joseph 31 Aug 2017
Battle? Start shooting!
Fighting court case The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2017
Play part in saving Oscar's operation The Telegraph Cryptic 23 May 2017
Part of play about fighting The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Apr 2017
What's said to initiate shooting in battle The Times Cryptic 13 Mar 2017
Performance of first part of play now showing
Fighting proceedings in court
Armed conflict The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2017
Director's cry USA Today 21 Feb 2017
Director's shout LA Times Daily 05 Feb 2017
Lure for a gambler
Deed The Telegraph Quick 05 Dec 2016
Case I deposited in part of London The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Nov 2016
Movement in first part of play has no retrospective
Kung fu movie genre New York Times 18 May 2016
Fighting that follows direction to start shooting The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Mar 2016
Carry out case The Telegraph Toughie 04 Mar 2016
Deed; armed conflict The Times Concise 07 Dec 2015
Director's cry New York Times 01 Dec 2015
Director's directive Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2015
Gesture that produces a lawsuit The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jun 2015
Film genre LA Times Daily 08 May 2015
Play a part in holding order for prosecution Irish Times Crosaire 18 Mar 2015
Litigation The Telegraph Quick 15 Mar 2015
A thing done The Times Concise 11 Feb 2015
Court proceeding Newsday 31 Jan 2015
Stuffed coat in case The Times Cryptic 23 Jan 2015
Film genre
Court proceeding
Director's cry
Director's directive
Court case involving one in London area
Account with money to cover outstanding operation
Battle exploit
Film genre
Movie genre
Follows camera in studio suit
Battle on stations or in court?
Stallone's genre
Director's "Start!"
Soldiers see it
Jackie Chan genre
It follows lights and camera
"Camera" follower
Military encounter
Director's "start"
Jackie Chan genre
What doers take
What doers take
Shout from Martin Scorsese
Schwarzenegger's film genre
Stallone's genre
Video store category
Bruce Willis genre
Call before shooting
Bruce Willis genre
Film director's cry
Director's directive
Director's directive
Schwarzenegger film genre
Director's shout
Shout from Martin Scorsese
Fast-moving film genre
Director's call
Director's order
Doings
Director's shout
Director's order
Sound stage shout
Cry on the set
Director's shout
Director's cry
Director's cry
Director's word
Video store category
Shout on the set
Call on the set
Director's cry
Film genre
"Camera!" follower
Director's cry
Director's call
Director's call
Film director's cry
Movement
Movie director's cry
Goings-on
Beginning of play being performed: start filming!
Begin filming battle
Chase scenes, shootouts, etc.
Fast-moving-film feature
"Lights, camera, ___!"
Film genre
Movement
Director's command
Lawsuit
Auteur's order
Stallone's specialty
"Lights, camera, ___ !"
What verbs signify
Word on the set
Military encounter
Gambler's delight
Director's call
Thriller feature
Story line
Von Stroheim command
Part of A.D.A.
Enterprise
"Lights! Camera! ___!"
Proceeding.
Movie director's command.
Director's command.
Liveliness.
Movie director's order.
Film director's command.
Forte of Westerns.
Performance
Lights, ___, camera!
Mechanism.
Battle.
Moving parts or mechanism.
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