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Ground forces   /graʊnd fˈɔrsɪz/   Listen
Ground forces

noun
1.
A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state.  Synonyms: army, regular army.






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"Ground forces" Quotes from Famous Books



... screen said, more rapidly now, "I don't know how much you know, but we may have to work very fast. You aren't going to be able to deliver the steel cubes to us directly. In fact you aren't going to be able to land in Atlantic Highlands at all. We're sieged in by planes and ground forces of Savannah Fortress. All our aircraft, such as haven't been destroyed, are pinned down. You're going to have to parachute the blocks to a point as near as possible to one of our ground parties that's made a sortie. We'll give you a signal. I hope it will be later—nearer here, ...
— The Night of the Long Knives • Fritz Reuter Leiber



Words linked to "Ground forces" :   corps, standing army, military machine, service, armed forces, Continental Army, military, armed services, war machine, military service, armed service, army unit, legion, army corps, Confederate Army, host, Union Army, regular army, Army of the Confederacy



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