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Battalion

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

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Member part 1

Company 70% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Containing group 1

Regiment 70% connected

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

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Multitude 92% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pack 92% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plurality 92% connected

The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plural…

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Action noun · 78% connection

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

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Arrange verb · 78% connection

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for…

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Array noun · 78% connection

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Bashi-bazouk noun · 78% connection

A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

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Battailous noun · 78% connection

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

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Battalia noun · 78% connection

An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.

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Battle noun · 78% connection

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

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Canton verb · 78% connection

To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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Crotchet noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of batt…

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Decimate verb · 78% connection

To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

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Defeat verb · 78% connection

An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

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Deploy v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…

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Embattle verb · 78% connection

To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

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Engage verb · 78% connection

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

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Equipage noun · 78% connection

Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for…

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Field noun · 78% connection

A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.

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Flanker noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a…

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