- troops
- nounADJECTIVE▪ crack (BrE), elite▪ additional, extra▪ armed▪
a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed troops
▪ enemy, foreign, rebel▪ friendly, loyal▪troops loyal to the government
▪ army, auxiliary, paramilitary, regular, reserve▪ allied, coalition, federal (esp. AmE), government▪ international▪ combat, fighting▪ shock (= trained to make sudden attacks on the enemy)▪ reconnaissance▪ peacekeeping, security▪ airborne, ground▪ border, front-line, garrisonVERB + TROOPS▪ deploy, mass, put in, send, send in▪They are massing troops on the border.
▪The UN is sending peacekeeping troops into the trouble spot.
▪ commit, provide (sb with), supply (sb with)▪The army has provided troops for the UN all over the world.
▪ pull out, withdraw▪Washington is talking about pulling out its troops next year.
▪ bring home▪It's time to bring our troops home.
▪ command, lead, order▪He ordered troops to shoot to kill if attacked.
▪ call in▪ station▪The US had stationed over 300 000 troops in Japan.
▪ transport▪ rally▪ support▪We must always support our troops.
▪ trainTROOPS + VERB▪ fight (sb), kill sb▪ die▪ be based, be positioned, be posted, be quartered, be stationed▪troops based in East Timor
▪Five hundred troops were quartered in a town just behind the front line.
▪ serve▪British troops serving in the Gulf
▪ advance, march, move in, move into sth▪Allied troops were advancing on the capital.
▪ arrive, cross into sth, enter sth, land, reach sth▪Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwaiti territory.
▪ cross sth▪Troops crossed the border with Georgia.
▪ mass▪Government troops have massed on the northern border.
▪ guard sth, patrol sth▪troops patrolling the border
▪ occupy sth▪ attack (sb), invade (sth), overrun sth, storm sth, surround sth▪Rebel troops stormed the presidential palace.
▪ fire on sb/sth, open fire, shoot sb▪ leave sth, pull out, withdraw▪ come homeTROOP + NOUN▪ deployment, levels, numbers, presence, strength▪Various figures for US troop presence in Iraq were quoted.
▪ build-up▪ reductions▪ withdrawal▪ movements▪ carrier, ship, train, transport▪ commander▪ moralePHRASES▪ the deployment of troops, the withdrawal of troops
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
