infantry

as in army
the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot He joined the infantry after leaving school. The infantry is coming.

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Recent Examples of infantry The unit infantry commander, who works as an osteopath in civil life, lost his leg in a fierce battle on the front line. Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025 Hegseth graduated from Princeton University in 2003 and was subsequently commissioned as an infantry captain in the Army National Guard. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 Russian anti-tank missiles blunt this advantage, but the main reason the Ukrainians can’t leverage their armored edge to roll back recent Russian gains may be a persistent shortage of infantry. David Axe, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. The Gazette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for infantry 
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Noun
  • Many are stuck in third countries, including one former member of the Afghan army in Pakistan who spoke to USA TODAY on the condition of anonymity for fear of their safety.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen, embodies the cultural fear of and fascination with a petite, white female wielding her dragons—not a husband or son—to build a seemingly socially just army that will brutally conquer in her name.
    Rebecca Scofield / Made by History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • The colonel was also being held responsible for 12 soldiers in his battalion leaving their positions, a statement said.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Before the conflict, Hamas maintained a force of 30,000 terrorists organized into 24 battalions.
    Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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