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Meanings of military unit in English

Portuguese
forças armadas
Catalan
unitat
Spanish
unidad

A unit that is part of some military service.

forças armadas
Russian
военное подразделение
Portuguese
unidade militar
Spanish
formación militar
Catalan
unitat militar

Organization formed as part of an armed force.

военное подразделение
Synonyms
Examples for "military formation"
Examples for "military formation"
1
They take to attack more easily than to, say, flying in military formation.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
2
They stood in some sort of military formation preparatory to being marched off.
France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
3
Office supplies crowd a corner; textbooks queue up in military formation on metal shelves.
Saving max
4
His staff officers could not agree; but his experienced eye detected a military formation.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
5
At six he is accustomed to walk in military formation.
The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
Usage of military unit in English
1
Investigators are still trying to contact the man's military unit, she said.
Reuters
2
Men have always sacrificed, for a social organization or a military unit.
Dogs of war
3
We're talking about a man who served in a crack military unit.
Explosive
4
The Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the first military unit to approach Washington.
A. lincoln: a biography
5
Every military unit, save for the Martian Imperial Commandos, was represented.
The Sirens of Titan
6
The crowd has encircled an armed military unit, which sits on the grass.
The new yorker
7
This was a common size for an athletic team or a small military unit.
Anathem
8
The next section authorized the creation of a special military unit for Project Nemesis.
Nemesis
9
The soldier's military unit is based south of Tacoma, Washington.
Reuters
10
Automatic geolocation can show where a military unit is deployed.
BBC
11
Her response to the signal would, needless to say, have appalled any proper military unit.
Torch of Freedom
12
But Alexander notes that his new military unit couldn't be a part of that operation.
Wired
13
The Guard its an elite, independent military unit that answers directly to Tehran's ruling clerics.
Wired
14
They were old Regular Army, and they ran the police force like a military unit.
Four-Day Planet
15
They seem more like a military unit, to me.
Torch of Freedom
16
Who'd be sending a military unit to Parmley Station?
Torch of Freedom