garrison

[zone: 1, ipm: 95.54]

Definitions

  • a group of soldiers living in a town or fort to derend it; the buildings these soldiers live in

Examples

  1. A long line of forts and garrisons was maintained throughout the kingdom.
  2. The town was easily ravaged, but the garrison retreated to the castle.
  3. The town was defended by a fort, and it was reported that the garrison would make a desperate resistance.
  4. He fell dead, and the garrison surrendered immediately and were sent to Constantinople.
  5. Memnon, forced to abandon his defenses, withdrew the garrison by sea, and Alexander entered the city.

Collocations

  • reinforce [score: 9.93, freq: 37] (reinforce the garrison)
  • defend [score: 9.04, freq: 22] (defended by a garrison)
  • withdraw [score: 8.75, freq: 24] (withdraw the garrison)
  • surrender [score: 8.65, freq: 14] (the garrison surrender)
  • capitulate [score: 8.41, freq: 8] (the garrison capitulated)
  • numerous [score: 8.23, freq: 31] (numerous garrison)
  • station [score: 8.04, freq: 11] (station the garrison)
  • beleaguered [score: 8.02, freq: 8] (beleaguered garrison)
  • strengthen [score: 7.96, freq: 14] (strengthen the garrison)
  • command [score: 7.92, freq: 23] (command the garrison)
  • duty [score: 7.78, freq: 15] (garrison duty)
  • march [score: 7.69, freq: 10] (garrison marched out)
  • Gothic [score: 7.64, freq: 11] (the Gothic garrison)
  • retreat [score: 7.64, freq: 6] (the garrison retreated)
  • Neapolitan [score: 7.62, freq: 7] (the Neapolitan garrison)
  • overpower [score: 7.59, freq: 6] (overpower the garrison)
  • Manchu [score: 7.55, freq: 6] (the Manchu garrison)
  • French [score: 7.4, freq: 88] (the French garrison)
  • Roman [score: 7.37, freq: 10] (the Roman garrison)
  • Macedonian [score: 7.34, freq: 6] (the Macedonian garrison)
  • scattered [score: 6.99, freq: 5] (scattered garrison)
  • sufficient [score: 6.97, freq: 9] (sufficient garrison)
  • feeble [score: 6.97, freq: 6] (feeble garrison)
  • besieged [score: 6.97, freq: 4] (besieged garrison)
  • troop [score: 5.2, freq: 6] (garrison troops)

Thesaurus

  • guard [score: 0.239, freq: 3467]
  • fortress [score: 0.234, freq: 2277]
  • troop [score: 0.228, freq: 13039]
  • fleet [score: 0.228, freq: 4995]
  • fort [score: 0.217, freq: 1649]
  • corps [score: 0.201, freq: 1831]
  • soldier [score: 0.198, freq: 8297]
  • cavalry [score: 0.197, freq: 2458]
  • commander [score: 0.195, freq: 2438]
  • town [score: 0.192, freq: 7812]
  • army [score: 0.191, freq: 23956]
  • inhabitant [score: 0.189, freq: 4404]
  • force [score: 0.187, freq: 15431]
  • ship [score: 0.187, freq: 7186]
  • legion [score: 0.186, freq: 1748]
  • ally [score: 0.184, freq: 4936]
  • navy [score: 0.182, freq: 1748]
  • squadron [score: 0.181, freq: 1745]
  • division [score: 0.179, freq: 4032]
  • regiment [score: 0.178, freq: 1732]

Translations

Russian гарнизон (0.414)
казарма (0.242)
Czech kasárny (0.106)
posádka (0.342)