troop buildup
Forces gradually concentrating
A troop buildup is an increase in military personnel concentrated in a particular area, typically in preparation for conflict or as a show of force.
The term often appears in news coverage of escalating tensions: Satellite images revealed a troop buildup along the border.
A buildup may be gradual or rapid, defensive or aggressive in intent.
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- war footingState of military readiness
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
escalation · show of force · massing · staging · forward operating base · military · soldiers · tanks · invasion · border · buffer zone · tension · enemy lines · no man's land · offensive · battalion · regiment · division
- military posturingsaber rattling, show of force, posturing, brinkmanship, brinksmanship
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- coercionduress, coercing, compelling, threat, forcing
troop builduptroop withdrawal
Removal of armed forces
military withdrawal · pullout · withdrawal · drawdown · troop reduction
troop buildupdemobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
disarmament · demilitarization · troop cuts · stand-down · de-escalation
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