Army given rations or made to eat? (5-3)
I believe the answer is:
force-fed
'made to eat?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'army given rations' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'army' could be 'force' (I've seen this before) and 'force' is present in the answer.
'given' could be 'fed' ('feed' can be a synonym of 'give') and 'fed' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for force-fed that I've seen is " Made to eat food".)