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outpost
[ out-pohst ]
noun
- a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack:
We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.
- the body of troops stationed there; detachment or perimeter guard.
- an outlying settlement, installation, position, etc.
outpost
/ ˈʊˌəʊ /
noun
- military
- a position stationed at a distance from the area occupied by a major formation
- the troops assigned to such a position
- an outlying settlement or position
- a limit or frontier
Example Sentences
Its main military base, featuring concrete blast walls, watch and communication towers and space for armoured personnel carriers to move inside, is much more developed than the smaller outposts around Sergele.
Sandy Cay is near a Philippine military outpost on Thitu Island, which Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements in the area.
The father-daughter bond slowly constructed over their journey from Boston to a medical outpost in Salt Lake City, Utah, barely holds together.
He learned English at University High School in Westwood and began working in restaurants, rising from a dishwasher at Carl’s Jr. to a district operator overseeing 15 outposts for Baja Fresh.
Up the hill, enveloped in a late-morning fog, were the barely there outlines of a new Israeli military outpost.
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