brigades
Army troop groups
Brigades are military units, typically comprising several battalions under a brigadier or colonel.
The term extends to organized groups working toward a common purpose: fire brigades, bucket brigades.
In political contexts, brigade can describe coordinated groups acting in concert, sometimes disparagingly: the outrage brigades on social media.
To brigade is to organize into such groups or to coordinate attacks, especially online harassment campaigns.
Small infantry formation
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- divisionSplitting into parts
squadron · army · corps · artillery · cavalry · garrison · barracks · militia
Unity among allies
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- movementChange in position
volunteers · activists · grassroots · campaign · workers · labor · community · action
Serious sudden danger
- searchAct of seeking
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- reliefEasing of distress
evacuation · paramedics · lifesaving · triage · extrication · casualties · medevac · aid
platoon
Small infantry formation
division · squadron · army · corps · artillery · cavalry · garrison · barracks · militia · commando
solidarity
Unity among allies
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- organizingSystematically putting in order
movement · volunteers · activists · grassroots · campaign · workers · labor · community · action · united
emergency
Serious sudden danger
relief · evacuation · paramedics · lifesaving · triage · extrication · casualties · medevac · aid · response
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- bandGroup playing music together
- drumlineMarching band percussionists
- formationCreation or arrangement
cadence · precision · uniform · procession · majorette · halftime · competition · drill · step · rehearsal
firefighters
Emergency personnel combating blazes
firetruck · engine · station · chief · volunteer · pumper · rescue · hazmat · dispatch · alarm
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, platoons
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
brigadesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
ones · lone wolves · loners · singletons · squads
brigadesindividuals
Separate, distinct people
rabble · mobs · guerrillas · irregulars · freelancers
- fire brigadeOrganized blaze-fighting unit
- bucket brigadeHand-to-hand water relay
- volunteer brigadeUnpaid organized service group
- infantry brigadeMilitary unit of foot soldiers
- brigade de cuisineProfessional kitchen's ranked workforce
- armored brigadeMilitary unit with tanks