infantry

noun

Definition of infantrynext
as in army
the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot He joined the infantry after leaving school. The infantry is coming.

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Recent Examples of infantry Upon returning from Korea, Wolfe deployed with the 101st Airborne Division to Vietnam, serving as a forward support element for infantry fighting on the front lines. — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2026 LaNeve, who is filling in as the Army’s top uniformed officer, recently ordered the battalion to refocus on its core mission of being an airborne infantry unit. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 An Army unit based in Europe was building its own drones before LaNeve directed it to end its efforts and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said in August. — Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 In his first enlistment in the infantry, Capers stormed a beach south of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958, with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infantry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
  1. army
  2. soldiers
  3. ranks
  4. troops
  5. battalion
Noun
  • Kyiv has accused Russian forces of mining nearby roads and using the remaining residents as human shields to prevent Ukraine’s army from conducting offensive operations in the town.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Will a YouTube viewer spend more than half an hour trying to figure out if Ukraine’s attacks on Russian data centers have decimated an army of propaganda bots?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of army
Noun
  • The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In May 2024, The War Zone examined Chinese state television video showing soldiers taking cover from first-person-view (FPV) drones, using a net-catching projectile, and demonstrating a handheld jammer.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • This season is really no different, with many teams filling the top ranks in the nation.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Amid a flurry of cuts the past couple of years, the number of women in the highest ranks at the major studios has dwindled, and grows fewer by the day.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranks
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  • The Egyptian support is defensive in nature and won't include any ground troops in Yemen, the official said on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to reporters.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But by the fall of 2022, Ukraine had seized the offensive, liberating so much territory once held by Russian troops that Washington worried Putin might use a nuclear weapon to stop Ukrainian advances.
    — Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of troops
Noun
  • The city plans to use the funds to add a battalion chief, demolish and reconstruct Fire Stations 33 and 37, build a training center and an additional fire station, purchase another ladder truck and two more ambulances and hire 36 more firefighters.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Soldiers from a separate task force rifle battalion of the National Police of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region carry a GARA UAV to a shelter in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 16, 2026.
    — Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of battalion

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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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