battle formation
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A specific arrangement of troops or military units for combat.
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Examples (10)
- The troops advanced in battle formation.
- At dawn, the commander ordered the platoon to assume battle formation.
- The tanks rolled into a tight battle formation along the ridge.
- Maintain battle formation until we reach the objective.
- By nightfall, the fleet had shifted into battle formation under radio silence.
- Are the archers already in battle formation?
- The scouts briefly broke battle formation to avoid the ambush.
- During the exercise, pilots practiced holding a close battle formation.
- Once surrounded, they fell back and re-formed the battle formation around the convoy.
- In the briefing, she outlined several battle formation options for urban warfare.