Antonyms for platoon
pləˈtunpla·toon

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Princeton's WordNet

1. platoonnoun

   a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant

2. platoonnoun

   a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

3. platoonnoun

   a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

   "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team"

How to use platoon in a sentence?

1. Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky:

   There is a talk of a platoon, roughly 100 people, who would take part in the alliance's contingent, if the preparation of the (NATO) brigade goes according to plan, and I believe it will, then it is very likely in the second half (of this year).

2. Zoe Lofgren:

   You also found that department shields were stationed on a deployment bus, away from one of the CDU platoons, and that CDU platoon attempted to get to the bus to distribute the shields, but they couldn't do it because the door was locked and as a result this particular CDU platoon was required to respond to the crowd without the protection of their riot shield.

3. Anthony Davis:

   What we've seen is the AA shifting from a preparatory phase of political and military infiltration into northern Rakhine state that began in 2015, they've now taken it to a much higher level, operating at platoon and even company strength across almost all the townships in the north of the state, and that's new.

4. Randy Tobler:

   It makes me cry -- so many people have banded together, it's like an Army platoon charging up the hill.

5. President Barack Obama:

   He deployed to Afghanistan twice. First as a platoon leader, and a couple of years later when he was hand-picked to head up a security detail.

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