ground forces
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4.1
- noun
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fuerzas terrestres
- After a long deployment, the ground forces returned home to a warm welcome.
- deploy ground forces
- send ground forces
- combat-ready ground forces
So RXO was the ground force commander for that mission.
- So RXO was the ground force commander for that mission.
- A lot of success by attacking normally by ground forces.
- They, the ground force commander out there, the leadership out there allowed them.
Examples
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The ground forces are currently conducting operations in the region to ensure stability.
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Ultimately, the Defense Department's position on the use of ground forces prevailed.
Academic text (2001) -
ground forces arrive in a few minutes.
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l want ground forces to move and secure a new perimeter around that crash site.
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Ground forces are securing the area.
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Let's just say the primary aim of our research is to make American ground forces unbeatable against any foreign army in the world.
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The Chechens have ground forces en route.
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Chechen ground forces will be there in 55 minutes.
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From the start, the senior military leadership was unenthusiastic about committing U.S. ground forces to Southeast Asia.
Academic text (2007) -
On the advice of the best military minds I could muster, I have decided to commit United States ground forces to the Korean peninsula.
Synonyms
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1.0
Trained soldiers of a country who fight on land
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3.2
A group of soldiers organized to protect or fight for a country
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3.0
Full-time official soldiers who serve a country on land in peace and war
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'branch of the military responsible for operations on land' is directly and compositionally derived from 'ground' (land/earth) + 'forces' (military units). This is a common noun–noun combination with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g., land forces, ground troops), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Ground forces comes from the simple picture of soldiers fighting on the ground instead of in the air or at sea. So, it means the part of the military that fights 'on land'.