to brigade
- verb
- /brɪˈɡeɪd/
- During the emergency response, volunteers were quickly brigaded to tackle different tasks.
Examples
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The commander decided to brigade the new recruits for more efficient training.
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The event organizers brigaded the participants by region to improve coordination.
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They will brigade volunteers.
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The team brigaded resources to tackle the crisis.
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The volunteers brigaded to provide assistance during the natural disaster relief efforts.
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During the training exercise, the team brigaded the soldiers to enhance their performance.
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To improve response times, the organizers brigaded emergency workers into specialized groups.
Synonyms
To group soldiers into military units
To bring people or things together into a group
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A group of older women, often with bluish grey dyed hair, who meet to chat
A group of people who pick up litter and remove debris after an event or disaster
An armed communist group in the Philippines that carried out attacks in cities in the 1980s and 1990s
- Offensive
People from richer country backgrounds who enjoy country activities and nature, often wearing green boots
- Offensive
People at events who act snobby, are picky about food and show little real interest
How Organized
- US
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brigade as a verb comes from making a brigade: from Italian brigata 'a group' and brigare 'to fight'. So to brigade people is to organize them into a group to work together.