Thesaurus results for INFANTRY

infantry

noun

as in army

the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot He joined the infantry after leaving school. The infantry is coming.

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Recent Examples of infantry The mixture of high-tech drones and World War I-style trench fighting has seen small groups of infantry — often just two or three soldiers — try to infiltrate enemy positions into towns flattened by Russian heavy artillery and glide bombs. —

ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 Created in 1872 as a specialized mountain infantry unit, just a decade after Italy’s founding, the Alpini defended the newborn nation against powerful neighbors across the Alps. —

New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 The aide, Colonel Dave Butler, a former infantry officer, is a longtime leader in Army public affairs (not a specialty Hegseth embraces) who worked closely with the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (whom Hegseth despises). —

Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026 The broader package includes Boeing P8I Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft for its navy, anti-tank mines for its ground forces, and upgrades to its Soviet-era T-72 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. —

Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infantry

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Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.

— Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
Pakistan's army chief said lasting peace depends on Kabul cutting ties with militants targeting his country.

— SUZAN FRASER AND MUNIR AHMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026