battalion
Example Sentences
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At one point, he saw Garcia, the battalion chief, and brought up their earlier conversation.
From Los Angeles Times
Plus a battalion of new signings who were supposed to bring energy and momentum to the second half of the season.
From BBC
U.S. forces in South Korea also maintain two Patriot battalions, in addition to the one in Japan.
More than that, the relationship of the new Section 122 tariffs with existing trade agreements requires sorting out, with battalions of lawyers and consultants ready to provide high-priced advice on the rapidly changing environment.
The adversary forces were “able to eliminate two battalions in a day,” so that “in an exercise sense, basically, they were not able to fight anymore after that.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
