battle station
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈbætəl ˈsteɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
puesto de combate
- - All hands, man your battle stations.
- manning battle stations
- call battle stations
- remain at battle stations
Examples
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Everybody, man your battle stations.
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To your battle stations.
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-Chief of the watch, man battle stations!
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All heads to the battle stations!
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Then you will witness the power of this fully armed and operational battle station.
Blog text (28) -
General quarters, general quarters! - All hands, man battle stations! - Aye, sir.
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Everybody on board, hundreds of sailors, now run, racing pell-mell to their battle stations.
Fiction book (1997) -
Man your battle stations!
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Bihari activated an intercom and ordered battle stations.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the emergency drill, each crew member rushed to their battle station to prepare for potential combat.
Synonyms
4
9.6
A prepared position where a weapon like a gun is placed for fighting
1
4.7
A place where soldiers stay to fight or defend
Antonyms
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a designated position for military personnel during combat' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'battle' (combat) with 'station' (assigned location). This noun+ noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Battle station comes from ships and forts where each sailor or soldier had a fixed station to take during a battle and use their weapons. When the alarm sounded everyone ran to their battle station, so today the phrase means the place you must go 'to get ready to fight' or to defend something.