army
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɑrmi/
:
ejército
- The government decided to deploy the army to assist with disaster relief efforts.
- a growing army
- organize a labor army
We should hire an army of boys to deliver bread.
- We should hire an army of boys to deliver bread.
- But with the Angel, it says a whole army of angels appeared.
- Maybe you should get an army of black nutcrackers.
- Ideas on how to organize your army and inspire it to fight.
- One, I'm scared because there's an army of nerds waiting to dox me.
- So congratulations to Bill Gates on your new army of elderly Brits.
- You're like a little team, a little army, all those kinds of things.
- And soon, so too will Mike heavens an army of wait.
- And I, I feel like this is going to be an army of frustrated, angry.
Examples
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A people's army.
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These are people who inherited the greatest army of their day.
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It's gonna take an army to get them fixed.
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We should hire an army of boys to deliver bread.
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Ideas on how to organize your army and inspire it to fight.
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At last, they did what all the armies dreamed of doing.
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Tonight, the place is firmly in the hands of an army of recently graduated candidates.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nevertheless, most working people, the business class, and the army opposed extensive US intervention.
Academic text (1990) -
Yes, money could work absolute miracles, raising entire armies when necessary and solving all manner of problems.
Fiction book (1991) -
We want a good story!" Sioned laughed and led her little army of sticky-faced children away.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
An organized group of people like soldiers or police
∞
2.0
Soldiers who work together as a group in an army
∞
2.7
A group of soldiers who fight for and protect a country
190
2.3
The military groups of a country, like the army, navy and air force
156
3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
15
2.8
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
2
3.1
A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces
1
8.5
A group of soldiers who serve together in the army
1
3.0
A part of a country's military like the army or navy
Compounds
28
2.5
The main land force of the United States that trains and sends soldiers to fight
8
6.7
A group of people who use violence to try to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
7
3.4
A small folding tool with blades and screwdrivers that people use to mean a person with many skills
6
3.7
A group of part-time soldiers who help in local emergencies and serve abroad
5
5.5
An army formed by the American colonies in 1775 to win independence from Britain
4
6.5
An army from the southern United States that fought in the American Civil War
3
3.8
A part of the United States Army that gathers and studies information for military leaders
- Informal
3
6.3
A child whose parent is in the army who grows up on military bases and moves often
- Specialized
2
3.5
A heavy armored vehicle with a large gun that moves on tracks and fights in war
- Offensive
1
9.9
A left-wing group in Germany known for violent attacks to reach political aims
- Specialized
1
4.4
A large military group of soldiers made of two or more divisions with support units
- NSFW
1
8.4
A communist armed group formed in 1969 to fight the Philippine government
Highly trained soldiers who do secret, dangerous missions for the United States Army
A group in the United States Army trained to do secret and dangerous missions
A secret Irish republican armed group that formed in 1994 and is called a terrorist group by some governments
A group that uses violence to oppose the Northern Ireland peace process
An armed group that split from the Provisional IRA in 1997 and uses violence against the Northern Ireland peace process
- Offensive
A Yemen-based group that uses violence to attack people and support al-Qaeda
An armed group that attacked to force Turkey to admit the Armenian Genocide, pay money, and give land to Armenia
- Formal
A military officer who works at an embassy and represents their country's army
- Specialized
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like wheat and alfalfa
- Offensive
A group of armed fighters who use violence to try to take control of Rwanda
- Offensive
An armed Islamic group in Kashmir that kidnaps people to get jailed members released
- Offensive
An armed group that uses violence in Kashmir to try to create Islamic rule
- Offensive
An armed Islamic group in Kashmir that attacks people to try to bring back Islamic rule
- Specialized
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain
A group that uses violence to remove British soldiers from Northern Ireland and unite Ireland
- NSFW
A militant group from Japan that carried out terrorist attacks in other countries
A guerrilla group in Colombia that kidnaps people and uses armed attacks
- Literature
A large group of people who work together online to support a cause or project
An armed Irish group that used violence to end British rule in Northern Ireland
- Offensive
A small armed Irish group that uses bombs and guns to oppose peace talks
An armed group in the Philippines formed in the 1980s that split from the main communist party and used violence
A volunteer group of part-time soldiers in Britain who help the regular army
An armed group in Bolivia that attacks government targets like roads and pipelines
An agency that investigates crimes by members of the United States Army worldwide
The main Army lab that tests evidence for criminal cases
A group of soldiers in the US Army trained for difficult, dangerous missions
A laboratory in the United States Army that tests evidence to help criminal investigations
- Formal
A former branch of the United States Army for women soldiers during World War II
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Etymology
Army comes from the Latin word arma, meaning 'weapons', and at first meant an 'armed' group of soldiers. By a helpful extension, we now call any very large, organized group an army (for example, an 'army' of volunteers) because they act together like soldiers.