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Lest Surrounded Soldiers Proliferate Crossword Clue

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noun

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

verb

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

40%4 Antonym of 'lest'
adjective satellite

• not final or absolute

34%8Soldiers' soldier with soldiers (model soldiers)
noun

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

verb

• subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

• form (military personnel) into a regiment

• assign to a regiment

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