infantry

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 The Army has more than 6,700 women enlisted and nearly 3,000 female officers serving in the combat arms branches of air defense and field artillery, armor, aviation, engineers, cyber, infantry, and special Forces, according to Maj. Travis Shaw, an Army spokesperson. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 The Guardsmen will provide infantry support, medical assistance and interpretation duties. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025 By sending fewer new recruits to tank school, military planners could send more to infantry school. David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Listen to Gardner Botsford, for example, hitherto a reporter at the magazine, who receives his commission, as an infantry lieutenant, in June, 1943, and is sent to Camp Ritchie, in Maryland, to be schooled in dealing with the French Army and the Resistance. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for infantry
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Noun
  • Our results challenge a growing idea that hydrogen will be the 'Swiss army knife of decarbonization' and suggest that the opportunities for hydrogen may be narrower than previously thought.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Russia on Sunday launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine, firing 472 drones at an army training site, killing at least 12 soldiers.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker Mike Johnson presented the medal to the family of Charity Adams Earley, the battalion’s commanding officer.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
  • In the clip, a battalion commander for the I.D.F. instructs a group of soldiers who are preparing for a hostage-rescue operation in Rafah.
    Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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