soldiery

Definition of soldierynext

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Recent Examples of soldiery The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy. Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Moscow is not about to waste vital resources in airpower, weaponry or soldiery on peripheral endeavors such as supporting Assad or the Mullahs. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 That includes the activism and the soldiery. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022 Through Joe, an aspiring journalist, readers experience not only the throb of post-9/11 patriotism but also the tedium, camaraderie and sudden terrors of soldiery in a war zone. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soldiery
Noun
  • This brings the total to five Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah reignited after the militant group fired rockets into Israel on March 2.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Nineteen people have died in Israel, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon.
    Farnoush Amiri, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • American officials are now weighing adding about 10,000 more troops to the Middle East as some speculate a ground invasion could be coming.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at the base Friday, injuring at least 15 troops, five of them seriously.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • War should always be a last resort, especially when putting the lives of American servicemen and women in harm’s way.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The Arizona sank just nine minutes after being bombed, and its 1,177 dead account for nearly half the servicemen killed in the attack.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Chalker told me that his consulting firm, Global Risk Advisors, had once employed nearly two hundred people, almost all of them former military and intelligence officers.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • What this entailed was gaining as much reliable information about the Soviet military as possible while stumping for an open skies policy that would allow overflights by both sides of the other's territory to prevent accidental war.
    David Szondy March 29, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026

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“Soldiery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soldiery. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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