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Synonyms for battalion
bəˈtæl yənbat·tal·ion
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Princeton's WordNet
battalionnoun
an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
Synonyms:
pack, multitude, plurality, large numberbattalion, large number, multitude, plurality, packnoun
a large indefinite number
"a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
Synonyms:
mob, mass, coterie, masses, pack, gang, plurality, ingroup, large number, inner circle, the great unwashed, face pack, multitude, clique, camp, concourse, throng, hoi polloi, ring, relative majority, people
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List of paraphrases for "battalion":
bataillon, battalions, ying, regiment, brigade, camp, cavalry, contingent
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#105 | people | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1570 | pack | |
#2009 | mass | |
#2135 | load | |
#2283 | camp | |
#4228 | gang | |
#10160 | masses | |
#10302 | pile | |
#12126 | brigade | |
#12251 | regiment | |
#12365 | mob | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#13665 | battalion | |
#13753 | horde | |
#14364 | heap | |
#15954 | multitude | |
#17666 | cavalry | |
#21615 | plurality | |
#22762 | ying | |
#29198 | clique | |
#36341 | concourse | |
#42895 | battalions | |
#50398 | throng | |
#97651 | coterie | |
#136283 | swathe | |
#148434 | ingroup | |
#262479 | bataillon |
How to use battalion in a sentence?
The addition of this battalion is part of an Army-wide reorganization that will raise the number of MLRS (multiple-launch rocket system) battalions in all field artillery brigades from two to three.
Defense Secretary James Mattis:
Now, there's all sorts of stuff in the news, and that sort of thing. You just concentrate on what your company commander, your battalion commander tells you. Because if you read all that stuff, you know, you'll go nuts, you know what your mission is here. You've had to deploy on short notice to a nontraditional location and do your jobs. So you focus on doing that.
The heroic, barrier-breaking members of the Six Six Triple Eight Six Triple Eight Battalion -- which included brave Nevada women -- played a crucial role in the operations of our armed forces during World War II, they deserve our nation's highest honors for their service. There is no better time to give them this long-overdue recognition than during Women's History Month, and I'm proud to see President Biden sign our bipartisan legislation into law.
At the direction of the Commander in Chief, I have authorized the deployment of an infantry battalion from the Immediate Response Force of the 82nd Airborne Division( in Fort Bragg, North Carolina) to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in response to recent events in Iraq.
Overall deployment of the 700-stong Chinese infantry battalion and its equipment will take more than two months to complete.
Translations for battalion
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- praporCzech
- BataillonGerman
- λεφούσι, τάγμα, στίφοςGreek
- batallónSpanish
- pataljonEstonian
- bataillonFrench
- cathlánIrish
- zászlóaljHungarian
- batalyon, batalionIndonesian
- កងវរសេនាតូចKhmer
- 대대Korean
- bataljonNorwegian
- batalhãoPortuguese
- батальо́нRussian
- bataljon, батаљонSerbo-Croatian
- batalionAlbanian
- bataljonSwedish
- படைப்பிரிவுTamil
- tiểu đoànVietnamese
- 營Chinese
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