advancing army

collocation in English

meaningsofadvancingandarmy

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advancing
adjective
uk
/ədˈvɑːn.sɪŋ/us
/ədˈvæn.sɪŋ/
If you talk about someone's advancing age, you mean that they are ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofadvancingandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I always like to think of our scientific manpower as anadvancingarmy.
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For that reason the school building programme, after the war, had first to be directed to putting roofs over thisadvancingarmyof five-year-olds.
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If we use such warheads to halt anadvancingarmy, what will it use in return?
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The idea of portable stations accompanying anadvancingarmyshould be at once developed.
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Like the line of anadvancingarmy, you do not know at which point resistance will be stubborn, at which point resistance will be broken first.
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The biplanes dropped numerous copies of two specially created leaflets onto theadvancingarmy.
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These pioneers were normally employed to march in front of theadvancingarmy, clearing the route as necessary.
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The crusaders had moved into position the previous night and charged theadvancingarmybefore it reached the bridge.
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These units also provided heavy maintenance work for the advancing armies.
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The needs of the rapidly advancing armies, consequently, promptly put the greatest possible demands upon them.
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Arshes rejoins him at this point, and they destroy the advancing armies.
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