noun
1 group of soldiers
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , huge , large , massive , mighty , powerful
▪ small
▪ ragtag ( informal )
▪ professional , regular , standing
▪
The taxes were used to maintain a standing ~ of around 55 000 troops.
▪ reserve
▪ conscript
▪ all-volunteer , volunteer
▪ mercenary
▪ modern
▪ allied
▪ enemy , opposing
▪ foreign
▪ national
▪ imperial , royal
▪ private
▪ guerrilla
▪ rebel , revolutionary
▪ advancing , approaching , invading , occupying , victorious
▪
Their city fell victim to an invading ~.
▪ defeated , retreating
VERB + ARMY
▪ have
▪ enter , go into , join
▪
After finishing school, Mike went into the ~.
▪ leave
▪ desert
▪ be in command of , command , lead
▪
He was in command of the British Army in Egypt.
▪
He led the ~ into battle.
▪ march
▪
He marched a foreign ~ into the capital.
▪ drill , train
▪ amass , assemble , build up , form , gather , raise , recruit
▪
The king was unable to raise an ~.
▪ maintain
▪ equip , supply
▪ mobilize
▪ deploy , field
▪
The French ~ was deployed in the Western Desert.
▪ fight
▪
those who fought the Soviet ~ in Afghanistan
▪ face
▪
Napoleon Bonaparte faced the combined armies of England, Prussia and Russia.
▪ crush , decimate , defeat , destroy , put to flight , rout
▪
The ~ was finally defeated in the spring.
▪ disband , dissolve ( esp. AmE )
▪
The emperor was deposed and his ~ disbanded.
ARMY + VERB
▪ gather
▪ advance , march
▪
A huge ~ marched on the city.
▪ camp
▪ enter sth , invade (sth)
▪
The German ~ entered Austria in March 1938.
▪ attack , clash , fight
▪
The two opposing armies clashed in battle.
▪ kill sb
▪ defeat sth
▪ occupy sth
▪ flee , move out , pull back , retreat , withdraw
ARMY + NOUN
▪ captain , chief of staff , colonel , commander , general , lieutenant , officer , sergeant
▪ soldiers , troops
▪ chaplain , engineer , medic , nurse , surgeon
▪ leader , official , personnel
▪
The companies recruit mostly retired ~ personnel.
▪ battalion , command , corps , division , unit
▪ reserve , reservist
▪ recruiter ( esp. AmE )
▪ career
▪ deserter
▪ veteran
▪ barracks , base , camp , depot , headquarters , post
▪
He grew up on an ~ base in the 1960s.
▪ patrol
▪ checkpoint
▪ intelligence
▪ logistics
▪ helicopter , tank , truck
▪ hospital
▪ boots , fatigues , uniform
▪ surplus
▪
He bought the jacket at an ~ surplus store.
▪
She had an ~ surplus sleeping bag.
▪ wife
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
Her husband is in the ~.
2 large group
ADJECTIVE
▪ vast
▪
a vast ~ of personnel
▪ veritable
▪
The singer was surrounded by a veritable ~ of reporters.
▪ small
▪
a small ~ of volunteers
▪ growing , increasing
VERB + ARMY
▪ create
▪
He created an ~ of loyal customers.
▪ employ , hire ( esp. AmE )
▪
Actresses now hire armies of hairdressers and stylists.
▪ maintain
▪
NASA maintains a small ~ of engineers.
▪ organize
▪
Who will organize the ~ of volunteers?
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
There was an ~ of technicians ready to help.