military formation
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A formal arrangement of troops for a parade or battle.
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- 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.