as in battalion
a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers
Local militia were an important part of American forces during the Revolutionary War.
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Recent Examples of militia
In the chat, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed specific operational details two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen.
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Parts of Khartoum are still held by the RSF militia which controls the country’s western, southern and central regions, including Darfur where ethnically motivated killings are common.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Henry proposed resolutions on the need for defense, in part by establishing a militia in Virginia.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Bashir faces charges at the International Criminal Court of carrying out a genocidal campaign in the early 2000s in the western Darfur region with the Janjaweed militia, the RSF precursor.
—Samy Magdy and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Erica L. Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Parts of Khartoum are still held by the RSF militia which controls the country’s western, southern and central regions, including Darfur where ethnically motivated killings are common.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Henry proposed resolutions on the need for defense, in part by establishing a militia in Virginia.
—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Bashir faces charges at the International Criminal Court of carrying out a genocidal campaign in the early 2000s in the western Darfur region with the Janjaweed militia, the RSF precursor.
—Samy Magdy and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for militia
Noun
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Yet what this film really nails is the battalion camaraderie that goes beyond spending hours, days, weeks with the same folks and flips into something else entirely once shots are fired.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dudayev also asked Solovyov to clarify whether his criticism was directed at Chechen representatives or the Akhmat battalion.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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For several weeks, fighting has intensified between the army and the RSF as government troops push to reclaim territories occupied by the militia.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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But even Russia’s huge army cannot survive this sort of attrition indefinitely, and Birds of Magyar’s numbers show just how well Ukraine can fight even without foreign weapons. Follow me on Twitter.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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“Militia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/militia. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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