CARABINIERS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

carabineers

noun

variants or carabiniers

plural of carabineer

as in cavalrymen

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civilians

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Noun

The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 4,000 in Iraq, and more than 50,000 were wounded between the two conflicts.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
And indeed, if, like Grossman, a correspondent is committed to telling the story of people at war, soldiers are essential actors in any conflict.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

At a separate Ohio event, an armed assailant charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton during a Sunday stop at the Canfield Fair and injured several people before he was stopped by troopers, authorities said.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are continuing to search for the hit-and-run driver, according to Florida Today.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of troopers

Noun

Few character intros in movie history are better than Indiana Jones snagging that golden idol before being promptly chased by a giant boulder and a tribe of blowdart-wielding warriors.

— Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of warriors

Noun

But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence.

— Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of foot soldiers

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