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extended-order drill en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of extended order drill.
    • It is not until about the fourth week that extended-order drill, or actual battle formation, is practiced. 2016, Walter Saul Bernstein, Keep Your Heads Down, →ISBN:
    • Just as in war, we have the analogy of extended-order drills, combat exercises, and field exercises, all of which it is best to follow by "a brief drill at attention in order to restore smartness and control." 2012, Charles Dudley Daly, C. Stephen Badgley, American Football 1921, →ISBN:
    • Contrary to orders, the trucks closed in upon each other and sometimes even raced side by side, despite the extended-order drill. 2005, Guy Walters, James Owen, The Voice of War: The Second World War Told by Those Who Fought It, →ISBN:

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extended-order drills Number=Plur lexicographic