victorious army

collocation in English

meaningsofvictoriousandarmy

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victorious
adjective
uk
/vɪkˈtɔː.ri.əs/us
/vɪkˈtɔːr.i.əs/
having won a game, competition, election, ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofvictoriousandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thevictoriousarmyoutruns its communications, and it has to wait until these are built up behind it.
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It is easy enough to conduct your diplomacy behind avictoriousarmy.
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Army would have turned from avictoriousarmyto an army in rout.
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War is a horrible thing even for avictoriousarmy, but for that army it has its compensations in the fact of the glory and success of their cause.
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A drastic voluntary reduction in size of avictoriousarmyis called demobilization.
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Thus, he kept his promise that he would return only as a soldier in thevictoriousarmy.
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Thevictoriousarmyremained encamped in the pass.
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What followed was avictoriousarmyalong with dwellers falling upon the great city.
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Hisvictoriousarmyrushes in chaotically behind him; horses rearing and riders falling.
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He was also publicly lauded as the leader of avictoriousarmy.
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The prospect of starvation almost compelled thevictoriousarmyto retreat before an idea struck the competent general.
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The base panel depicts thevictoriousarmyleaving the battlefield.
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If he uses the might of avictoriousarmyto invade a state that is weak and chaotic, he'll definitely win.
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Shah'svictoriousarmycut off the noses and lips of the defeated townspeople for putting up such fierce resistance.
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The cibi was meant for open battle to inspire the troops, but it was sung with more vigour when thevictoriousarmyreturned home to celebrate.
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They are only the same as all victorious armies.
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It would be tragic if the peace settlement were merely a registration of those frontier lines upon which the victorious armies finally stabilised their positions.
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The victorious armies wanted to come home after all their toils.
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The victorious armies then razed, depopulated and destroyed the city over several months.
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