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 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 The city settled with Summers, another former battalion chief, four years into his case. —

Julia Coin may 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026 The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank. —

Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 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