military formation

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A formal arrangement of troops for a parade or battle.

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Examples (10)

  • The recruits marched in a tight military formation across the parade ground.
  • At dawn, the platoon fell into a standard military formation before inspection.
  • The commander ordered a new military formation to counter the ambush.
  • Despite the chaos, the unit held their military formation and advanced.
  • Drones mapped the military formation from above during the exercise.
  • In the textbook, the phalanx is described as a classic military formation.
  • The veterans assembled in a ceremonial military formation for the memorial.
  • Under heavy fire, the soldiers broke the military formation to take cover.
  • The general demanded that every squad maintain perfect military formation.
  • Archaeologists studied carvings that depicted an ancient military formation.