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.