platoons

noun

Definition of platoonsnext
plural of platoon
as in teams
a group of people working together on a task will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show

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  1. armies
  2. crews
  3. squads
  4. battalions
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
  • Restoration crews worked in collaboration with Hartford city and public safety officials.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article A number of rescue crews responded to the waters in Bridgeport after an individual jumped off a ferry boat and plunged into the harbor on Tuesday night.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of crews
Noun
  • This front office built a team capable of dismantling one of the hottest squads in the NBA.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Other recent sinkholes In June, a giant sinkhole in southern Illinois swallowed the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of squads
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
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