Thesaurus results for INFANTRY

infantry

noun

as in army

the part of an army that has soldiers who fight on foot He joined the infantry after leaving school. The infantry is coming.

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Recent Examples of infantry Additionally, multiplayer will include dedicated Gunfight maps, multiple Big War maps built for vehicle and infantry combat, and Kill Block, a dynamic battleground with more than 500 configurations that reshape routes, sightlines, and cover to keep players adapting round after round. —

Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 May 2026 There's also Gunfight maps, with various numbers of competitors, and several Big War maps for vehicle and infantry combat. —

USA Today, 28 May 2026 Barros said sustained drone strikes at operational depth can help set the conditions for Ukrainian infantry to retake ground, not by producing sudden breakthroughs, but by gradually exhausting Russian forces, disrupting rotations and weakening resupply. —

David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 Military planners also want infantry units to engage armored threats from greater distances as rival forces field longer-range weapons and surveillance systems. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for infantry

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Situated on Route 33 in Manalapan, this state park has preserved the 18th-century landscape of one of the biggest battles of the Revolutionary War, where the Continental Army ambushed the British army along their route from Philadelphia to New York City.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
The phenomenon of illicit mining in Johannesburg and surrounding areas was one of the concerns that prompted the government in March to deploy the army to certain high-risk areas in a yearlong operation to stop violence linked to organized crime.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 June 2026