Thesaurus results for BATTALION

battalion

noun

bə-ˈtal-yən

as in army

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously

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Recent Examples of battalion The battalion chief on the call went into the rear of the home, got past a kitchen fire into another room, and found the man deceased. —

Paula Wethington, CBS News, 28 May 2026 In a normal year, David Acuña, a battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said firefighters would just be gearing up for another wildfire season. —

Dan Peck, ABC News, 27 May 2026 Israeli strike kills 12, including several relatives Meanwhile, an Israeli security official said the military called up an additional battalion to Lebanon, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. —

Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 In one video, a battalion commander describes an assault that stalled after encountering a heavily fortified barrier. —

Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for battalion

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army

Noun

After the warning, the Lebanese army deployed to the Christian district of Tyre in an effort to prevent Israeli attacks there and to show that Hezbollah has no armed presence in the area.

— Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
They were worn down mile by mile, cold by cold, delay by delay until the army that existed at the end bore no resemblance to the one that had set out.

— Darshak Sanghavi, STAT, 3 June 2026