1
a
: a large body of troops
b
: a tactical and administrative unit composed of a headquarters, one or more units of infantry or armor, and supporting units
2
: a group of people organized for special activity
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Examples of brigade in a Sentence
Noun
The morality brigade insists that the book be censored.
a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order
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David Axe, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Andre Luis Alves / Anadolu via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that Pyongyang was preparing two brigades of 6,000 soldiers each to boost Putin’s military.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
H. Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
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Noun
Russian forces are advancing in critical sectors in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, grinding toward the fortress city of Pokrovsk while also gradually encircling Ukrainian brigades south of Pokrovsk.
—David Axe, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Andre Luis Alves / Anadolu via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that Pyongyang was preparing two brigades of 6,000 soldiers each to boost Putin’s military.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
This is just one of the tactics in brigading, where disinformation agents seek to silence dissenting viewpoints by casting them as the wrong choice.
—H. Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
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“Brigade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brigade. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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