Similar words: platonic, neoplatonism, flat out, sooner or later, plate, placatory, dilatory, all at once. Meaning: [plə'tuːn] n. 1. 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. a team of policemen working under the military platoon system 3. a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity.
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1. The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
2. The platoon pulled back to safety.
3. I was assigned to B platoon.
4. The platoon was pummeled by heavy machine-gun fire.
5. In his platoon he had thirty-two men.
6. The sergeant bellowed orders at the platoon.
7. He is being guarded by a platoon of police.
8. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.
9. The platoon made its way to the pre-arranged rendezvous in the desert.
10. The platoon was sent to reconnoitre the village before the attack.
11. As the war progresses ... How's your platoon doing?
12. Q: Were there any soldiers from your platoon there?
13. My platoon turned out to be the hard-luck platoon.
14. The platoon commanders shout their commands and the recruits manoeuvre into the required formations.
15. To the left Charlie could see another platoon ahead of him.
16. My platoon went deepest into the wooded area we were going into to set up an ambush patrol.
17. We had a whole platoon used to operate fog machines around airfields overseas.
18. Almost immediately, the Company Commander committed his third platoon,[sentencedict.com] which had been kept in reserve for just such an eventuality.
19. Our platoon was lead, and as we walked out of this base camp, we walked into an ambush.
20. Harrington's platoon on a wrong turning, heading in the direction of Serre.
21. Being the platoon leader, he was serious about being a soldier first, a pilot second.
22. Information they gathered was sent back to platoon headquarters by runner and radioed from the village to Company headquarters.
23. If the coach can't play her every day, he'll platoon her in right field.
24. The General looks on as a cadet is singled out to deliver his orders to others from his platoon.
25. From Sfax the group sailed to Tripoli and Eighth Army assignments as platoon leaders.
26. Not three, not half a dozen[sentencedict.com], not a rifle platoon.
27. They are currently locked in animated detailed discussion with their platoon commander, an experienced infantry captain.
28. The ablutions, cookhouse and accommodation are checked for cleanliness, these jobs being a major headache in a platoon location.
29. On returning to my foxhole, I found it occupied by the 3d Platoon of B Com-pany.
30. During the brief period I spoke of, we had a second lieutenant take over the platoon.
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