additional troops

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additional
adjective
uk
/əˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/əˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
extra:
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troop
noun
uk
/truːp/us
/truːp/
soldiers on duty in a ...
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Additional troops would be deployed when it was considered necessary.
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The aboriginal revolt was put down within a few months with the arrival of additional troops.
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Additional troops were dispatched to keep order at the station.
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Additional troops were called by the authorities, who also declared martial law.
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The following day, some 90,000 additional troops entered the country.
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The summit also saw several countries offer additional troops and training teams.
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Gage required lumber to build barracks for additional troops arriving in the besieged city.
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Additional troops were allocated to the infantry brigade.
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Additional troops and supplies were soon brought through this forward operating base.
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He spent much of the year as a recruiting officer, helping raise additional troops.
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A further barrack block was later built outside the fort to house additional troops.
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Many more campsites were needed to accommodate the additional troops wanting to attend summer camp.
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He can not continue the siege alone but, before leaving for additional troops, he catapults pieces of an infected dog into the castle.
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However, his position had become untenable because of the offensive and because his request for 200,000 additional troops had been leaked to the media.
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Fortifications, in the guise of air raid shelters, had been dug at key crossroads, and additional troops had been brought into the city in small groups in civilian clothes.
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To meet this threat he asked for additional troops, claiming the current level of less than one soldier per 100 sqmi insufficient for the need.
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In addition, the state maintained, at its own expense, some additional troops that were for home defense.
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Additional troops would be needed beyond the 75,000 volunteers that had been called out for 90 days of service.
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Nevertheless, he was a good and dynamic commander, increasing morale, improving policy, and securing additional troops and equipment.
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