expeditionaryadjective
uk/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən.ər.i/us/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.ən.er.i/expeditionary force/unit
a group of soldiers sent to another country to fight in a war
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- bomb squad
- command
- contingent
- corps
- division
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- platoon
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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Examples from literature
- But it was an unequal war against an expeditionary force of countless numbers.
- The expeditionary force would not have a chance against that.
- The last units of the American expeditionary force, comprising vessels loaded with supplies and horses, reached France amid the screeching of whistles and moaning of sirens.
- The terrible fate of the German expeditionary force is too well known to require comment.
- Upon the same day preparations went forward for the dispatch of an expeditionary army to France.