armed troops

collocation in English

meaningsofarmedandtroop

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armed
adjective
uk
/ɑːmd/us
/ɑːrmd/
using or ...
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troop
noun
uk
/truːp/us
/truːp/
soldiers on duty in a ...
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(Definition ofarmedandtroopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So, too, should the common ceiling in tanks, artillery andarmedtroopcarriers, combat aircraft and helicopters.
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A "chory" was once a knight who bore a standard the emblem of anarmedtroop, a province ("wojewdztwo"), a land ("ziemia"), a duchy, or the kingdom.
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Marathon was the first time a phalanx faced more lightly armed troops, and revealed how effective the hoplites could be in battle.
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Buses were stopped and their passengers searched by armed troops.
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Marathon was the first time a phalanx faced more lightly armed troops, and revealed how devastating the hoplites could be in battle.
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On the morning of the 5th, armed troops surrounded the offices of government ministers and began taking their cars.
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Subsequently, armed troops guarded gangs of looters that damaged additional homes.
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Scottish law of the time prohibited an accuser from bringing armed troops to trial.
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The memorial depicts a group of people who are determined not to miss armed troops into the city, some of them had already fallen.
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When their activities defied the law and the authority of the executive government, they had to be suppressed with the help of armed troops.
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He sent lightly armed troops to attack first, and then despatched his elite cavalry to launch a pincer attack.
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Some of the larger rowed vessels held up to a hundred rowers on each side besides a contingent of armed troops.
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Additional armed troops were massed inside the university building and in other nearby buildings.
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For a time it was merely a trade war, with a minimal presence of armed troops, whose task it was to guard the warehouses.
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When used as a paratroop transport, 10 fully armed troops could be carried.
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Several foreign residents try to defend the refugees, and while they carry weight due to their political ties, they ultimately can not stand against the armed troops.
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In the afternoon the soldiers' leaders returned, with the keys but also with a group of armed troops that took position in front of the building.
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