as in army
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously

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Recent Examples of battalion His friend was later wounded and referred him to the Achilles battalion. C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 The brigade may have assigned two of its 400-person battalions to a costly attack on the Ukrainian garrison in Pogrebki, in the no-man’s-land on the northwestern edge of the salient, starting in November. David Axe, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 The Netflix movie, directed by Tyler Perry, tells the story of Adams Earley and her battalion's grit and resourcefulness during the mail sorting assignment. Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024 The new historical drama, streaming now on Netflix, follows the true story of an all-Black and all-female battalion during World War II. Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for battalion 

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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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