SOLDIERIES Synonyms

• a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

• the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

• a large number of people united for some specific purpose

• an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

• a large indefinite quantity

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• archaic terms for army

• association of ex-servicemen

• a large military unit

• a vast multitude

• amounting to a large indefinite number

• civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

• the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service

• army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.

• subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

• form (military personnel) into a regiment

• assign to a regiment

• soldiers collectively

• someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force