detachments

noun

Definition of detachmentsnext
plural of detachment
as in patrols
a small military unit with a special task or function the general sent a detachment ahead to scout the enemy's position

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  1. battalions
  2. squadrons
  3. squads
Noun
  • Ukrainian brigades and battalions in the Kurakhove pocket in southern Donetsk Oblast are in a precarious position.
    David Axe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In southern Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, a few battalions of exhausted Ukrainian regulars—each with no more than 400 soldiers—are desperately trying to avoid encirclement by a division of Russian motor-rifle troops.
    David Axe, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of battalions
Noun
  • Similar tactics were also used in air warfare, perhaps most famously by the elite WWII Pathfinder squadrons.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The naval air station in the Pacific Northwest is where all but one Navy tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the EA-18G Growler are based.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of squadrons
Noun
  • This front office built a team capable of dismantling one of the hottest squads in the NBA.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Other recent sinkholes In June, a giant sinkhole in southern Illinois swallowed the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of squads
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