expeditionary force

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Armyexpeditionary forceˌexpeˈditionary force noun [countable] PMAa group of soldiers that is sent to another country to fight in a warExamples from the Corpusexpeditionary force• Christopher then embarked on a diatribe about the difficulties of an expeditionary force in hiatus.• In September Parliament sent an expeditionary force against them, under Warwick as admiral.• The last gamble, which would make concession unnecessary, was a new expeditionary force to defeat the rebels.• The Nanny Ogg expeditionary force corkscrewed up the spiral staircase.• Dalek firepower threatens to destroy the expeditionary force until the attackers hit on the idea of disabling the city's power generators.

单词	expeditionary force
释义	expeditionary force From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Armyexpeditionary forceˌexpeˈditionary force noun [countable] PMAa group of soldiers that is sent to another country to fight in a warExamples from the Corpusexpeditionary force• Christopher then embarked on a diatribe about the difficulties of an expeditionary force in hiatus.• In September Parliament sent an expeditionary force against them, under Warwick as admiral.• The last gamble, which would make concession unnecessary, was a new expeditionary force to defeat the rebels.• The Nanny Ogg expeditionary force corkscrewed up the spiral staircase.• Dalek firepower threatens to destroy the expeditionary force until the attackers hit on the idea of disabling the city's power generators.
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