general command sth
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
To have official control and authority over a military unit or operation.
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Examples (10)
- The general commands the 3rd Infantry Division.
- During the siege, the general commanded the northern brigade.
- At present, the general is commanding a joint peacekeeping operation.
- The newly appointed general will command all forces in the coastal district.
- For two years, the general has commanded mechanized units along the border.
- In this advisory post, the general does not command any combat troops.
- By statute, the general commands the regional garrison in emergencies.
- Earlier in her career, the general commanded a reconnaissance battalion.
- Which formations does the general command during humanitarian deployments?
- By dawn, the general had already commanded three coordinated operations.