battalion

UK /bəˈtæl.i.ən/ US /bəˈtæl.jən/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

over, young

VERB + BATTALION

commanded, join, like

BATTALION + NOUN

cannon, it's

PREP.

ADV.

quite

noun

An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.

an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.

Any large body of troops.

A great number of things.

verb

To form into battalions.

noun — a large indefinite number

He got orders to join his battalion.

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The battalion surrendered to the enemy.

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He rose in rank to become commander of the battalion.

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The officers in our battalion were quite young.

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That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.

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The Ukrainian army uses paramilitary groups like the Azov Battalion.

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