Garrison

/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/

Synonyms for "garrison" (133 found)

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Closest matches (27)

acropolisadvance guardarmarmed guardarmor armor-plate armyarmy groupbankbank guardbarricade bastion battalion battery battlebattle groupbeachhead blockade blockhouse bridgehead

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brigade bulwark bunker cadre

Noun(3 words)

basebase the hypothesisbase your argument

Strong matches (40)

Noun(7 words)

caserndefense forcedefense postdeploy fort fortress garrisoning

castellate castle citadelcoast guardcohort columncombat commandcombat teamcompany cordoncordon sanitairecorps crenellate detachment detaildig indivision donjon embattle entrench

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fasthold fastness fencefield armyfield trainfileflying columnfort fortify fortressgarrison housegoalie goalkeeper

Related words (66)

goaltender guard guarder guardsman holdinlying picketjailer keepkitchen policekp legion manman the garrisonmaniple martellomartello towermine mote motte organization

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outfit outguard outpost palisade peelpeel towerphalanx picket pillbox platoon posse post rank rathrear guardregiment safehold sectionsecurity guardsquad squadronstrong pointstrongholdtactical unittask forcetowertower of strengthtraintrain guardtroop unit van vanguard wall ward warder wing

Verb(1 words)

militarized

Noun(8 words)

military postoccupy outpostsposted troopspraesidium presidio station stronghold

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More general

13 entries

defensedefense installationdefensive structuremilitary personnelmilitary postmilitary unitplace post send soldiery station troops

More specific

7 entries

billetcamp garrisoncastle garrisoncity garrisonfort garrisonfortress garrisonman

Collocations

8 entries

foreign garrisongarrison commandergarrison dutygarrison forcesgarrison postgarrison towngarrison troopsmilitary garrison

Inflections

3 entries

garrisoned garrisoning garrisons

Derivations

3 entries

garrison postgarrisoned garrisoning

Sample sentences

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The garrison was forced to surrender.

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The garrison saw no choice but to surrender.

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The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833.

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The enemy is trying to establish a puppet garrison state in the territory they occupied.

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