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a small group of people, especially soldiers, that is sent to a place before other people to start the work that needs to be done there

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a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more smaller groups called companies

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a large group of soldiers, larger than a battalion

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used in the names of some groups in modern armies

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a section of the armed forces that does a particular job and has its own leader

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a group of soldiers that is usually divided into two or more smaller groups called platoons: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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a group of soldiers, police, vehicles etc from a particular place, forming part of a larger group

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a part of an army that has particular responsibilities

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a part of an army that consists of at least two divisions (=large units)

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a group of soldiers sent to perform a special job separately from the rest of their group

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a group of soldiers or police officers given a particular job

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a large section in a military force that consists of several smaller units

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a group of soldiers who go to fight in a foreign country

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a group of soldiers who shoot and kill someone as a punishment

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a group of people doing military or police work

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a group of soldiers living in and defending a particular place

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a group of military officers of middle rank who are under a commanding officer (=an officer of high rank)

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a unit of soldiers or police officers, especially one that has a particular job

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used in the names of some units in an army, especially the British army

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a group of soldiers who stand or march together at an important official occasion

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used for referring to the people in charge of a military operation: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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a large group of soldiers who are part of an army, especially a Roman army in ancient times

adjective

relating to a legion of soldiers

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a row of soldiers, ships, or weapons facing an enemy

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a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency

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soldiers belonging to an Islamic armed group

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a group of people brought together in one place, especially soldiers

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soldiers who are paratroopers

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a soldier or group of soldiers who are guarding a place

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a small group of soldiers that a lieutenant is in charge of

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a group of people, especially soldiers or police, who are in a place for a particular purpose

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a line of people, especially soldiers

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the part of an army that is responsible for preventing it from being attacked from behind

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a group of soldiers that can be divided into smaller groups called battalions and whose leader is called a colonel

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extra soldiers or police officers who go to help an existing group of soldiers or police officers

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a soldier or a group of soldiers who are not fighting but who are available to fight

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a few members of a large group who are sent to get information about an area or about an enemy’s movements or position

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soldiers

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a small group of soldiers who do a particular job

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a particular section of the armed forces, especially of the air force

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a group of people chosen from the armed forces to deal with a particular military situation

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soldiers, especially in large numbers

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a group of soldiers

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the part of an army or navy that leads a battle

the soldiers who have been killed in a war