legions

noun

Definition of legionsnext
plural of legion
1
as in armies
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare joined the French Foreign Legion

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2
as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert

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  1. armies
  2. battalions
  3. hordes
  4. swarms
Noun
  • The leaders of the rebel armies include Islamic extremists; in an interview with CNN, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of the largest group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, described his past affiliation with al-Qaeda as a kind of youthful mistake.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Whether and when the Russian field armies in eastern Ukraine and Kursk may collapse is difficult to predict.
    David Axe, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of armies
Noun
  • Ukrainian brigades and battalions in the Kurakhove pocket in southern Donetsk Oblast are in a precarious position.
    David Axe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In southern Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, a few battalions of exhausted Ukrainian regulars—each with no more than 400 soldiers—are desperately trying to avoid encirclement by a division of Russian motor-rifle troops.
    David Axe, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of battalions
Noun
  • Arnold has fought some formidable foes in his career, but hordes of desperate parents doing last-minute holiday shopping are, strangely, among the most stressful.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement When Dong Kim, a 29-year-old travel blogger, visited in October, the excited hordes reminded him less of a zoo than a South American soccer game or a Black Friday door-buster sale.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of hordes
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  • But this week, the company unveiled an attack drone with a 50-mile range, capable of hunting in swarms and destroying armored vehicles.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In environmental science, molecular robot swarms might help to detect and neutralize pollutants.
    Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2024
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