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garrison
noun as in military post, fort
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The structure of the military administration mirrored such a proactive outlook, with the main garrison headquarters established in the north and south of Egypt, at Memphis and Thebes respectively.
By taking the risk of sending out such material, Lewis outdid even the most brazen column Garrison had ever written, and he provoked a reaction in the South far greater than any abolitionist ever had.
By 1853, the partnership of Garrison, Douglass, and Weston Chapman was done.
We spent the night near the garrison, and he arrived at the mess hall for breakfast in a track suit, fresh from a morning jog through the war zone.
Tired of ever-increasing demands for food from the English, Powhatan warriors began raids on Jamestown and several small garrisons that had recently been established along the James River.
On another, Garrison said he handed a doctor a bottle of wine in a canister packed with $100 bills.
On one occasion, Garrison said Williams had him hand one out-of-state doctor an envelope stuffed with $20,000 in cash.
William Lloyd Garrison was probably the most prominent leader who relied on the effectiveness of hellfire.
Abbottabad was founded by the British in 1853 to house a military garrison, which it still does.
Gozik watched as the MPs used garrison belts to tie the condemned man to the pole.
The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
Each day the garrison dwindled; each day the rebels received fresh accessions of strength.
Next morning that glorious garrison quitted the shot-torn plain they had hallowed by their deeds.
Hastalrick, in Catalonia, evacuated for want of provisions; the garrison cut their way through the French troops.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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