Thesaurus results for ARMIES

armies

noun

plural of army

as in battalions

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare In 218 b.c., Hannibal crossed the Alps with an army of 26,000 men and, most famously, a number of elephants

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as in swarms

a great number of persons or creatures massed together a vast army of loyal fans in line for the band's farewell concert

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as in teams

a group of people working together on a task an army of rescue workers descended on the tornado-stricken town

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Recent Examples of armies Stars spend small fortunes and deploy large armies of stylists to put their best faces forward at the annual party — the photos shot there are quickly sent out and viewed by billions of fans across the world. —

Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026 As the pro-Trump armies that thrive on Elon Musk’s X have likewise proved again and again, propaganda can now be crowdsourced just as easily as air-strike footage. —

Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026 The regime that held the Middle East hostage with proxy armies, ballistic missiles and a nuclear program inching toward a weapon has lost its leadership, its senior military command and significant parts of its offensive capability. —

Andrew Ghalili, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026 Enrigue’s novel is inspired by the long-running Apache Wars of the 19th century, a series of brutal skirmishes between various Apache bands and the armies of the United States and Mexico. —

Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 Now the nominees and other attendees work with armies of stylists who connect them to high profile designers that are eager to have their work seen on as big of a stage as the Oscars red carpet. —

Esther Zuckerman, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026 Now, in an age of instant communications, their Cold War counterparts could nonetheless disappear into a covert netherworld, loosening Washington’s controls and freeing them to plot coups, mobilize armies, and install governments. —

Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026 Along with the disruptions, the storm led to the creation of armies of snowmen and other sculptures as well as snowball fights. —

Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 Many experts internationally feared Ukraine would fall within days to the Kremlin, which boasts one of the largest armies on the globe. —

Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026

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Meanwhile, historical epics reimagine Ming dynasty battalions fighting fantastical monsters, using special effects and visuals in ways that traditional production might find prohibitively expensive.

— Faye Bradley, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026