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 In 1965, mid-way through the conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Black Americans filled 31% of the ground combat battalions in Vietnam, nearly triple the percentage of Black Americans as a minority in the general U.S. population at the time (12%). Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Blinken determined last April that the battalion had committed gross human rights violations, but found that the IDF had taken action to address the U.S. concerns. Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024 Back at the table, Fiend started explaining the setup: The battalion’s headquarters were across the street. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 On August 6, a powerful Ukrainian force—a dozen or so 400-person battalions from as many as eight different brigades—invaded Russia’s Kursk Oblast, quickly capturing 400 square miles of the oblast from its unprepared Russian defenders. David Axe, Forbes, 10 Oct. 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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