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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of troop form-of, plural
2. 2
   Military personnel in uniform. plural, plural-only

   "There were 10,000 troops in Iraq."

3. 3
   soldiers collectively wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of troop form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   plural of Troop form-of, plural

Synonyms

All synonyms

armed forcearmed servicearmyarraycareer soldiersfighting force

Example

More examples

"It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake."

Related phrases

barrier troopsground troops

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