battalion
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7.2
- noun
- /bəˈtæljən/
- Specialized
:
batallón
- Each battalion consists of several companies and is typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
- battalion commander
- infantry battalion
- company and battalion
What this was was a battalion of Marines.
- What this was was a battalion of Marines.
- But you talked about the ghost battalions of the Afghan army.
- And like they could mobilize A battalion at their whim.
- They had a Army battalion not far from that area.
- Yet soon the ranks of both battalions had been filled and training could commence.
- And this was like your elite platoon within the battalion.
- He's there on a killing mission to smoke out the Vietcong and then the Kelly Battalion could wipe them out.
- You go find the best you can find and you bring them back here and you form them into a battalion.
- Once when I joined a battalion when I was a captain, all the lieutenants ran around with their T-shirts on backwards under their blouse.
Examples
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The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.
Academic text (2017) -
"Our battalion is encamped on the Potomac."
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You will follow Battalion Five here.
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"In the battle, the entire Japanese battalion, about nine hundred men, died.
Academic text (1990) -
It's your old mates from the Second Battalion.
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As was mentioned, the project tracks a battalion of Marines in southern Afghanistan.
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First Battalion will move out at 05:30.
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The increased aid includes some $40 million for an air-mobile army battalion to help in the anti-drug effort.
Academic text (1999) -
The United States provides one infantry battalion, logistical support units, and civilian observers to the MFO.
Academic text (1990) -
The rest of the Japanese battalion, its morale apparently shattered, vanished into the underbrush and jungle.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of people in an organization who have a specific job
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4.8
A group like a company or team that works together
15
2.8
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
5
2.5
A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company
3
4.3
A group of soldiers who fight on foot
2
4.7
A military unit made of several groups of soldiers formed to fight
1
9.3
A military unit made of several companies
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Battalion comes from the Italian battalione, and before that battaglia, which means 'battle'. So a battalion was originally a group made for 'battle', and today it means a large military unit of soldiers.