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battalion

noun

bə-ˈtal-yən

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 After a county fire battalion chief toured Bilbrey’s home and outlined the scope of work, contractors were hired to complete the improvements, which cost about $110,000 — nearly triple the amount the state initially intended to spend per home. —

Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024 Tyler Perry’s film tells the virtually unknown story of an all-women, all-Black battalion of American soldiers during World War II. —

Jon Burlingame, Variety, 30 Nov. 2024 The new station will house one battalion chief and a fire crew, who will be relocated from the Central Fire Station at 203 Commerce Blvd. —

Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024 Trap has a Hitchcockian setup, in which a serial killer (the wonderfully nervy Josh Hartnett) brings his daughter to a pop concert and then must escape a battalion of police who are after him, without giving away his secret. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for battalion