Corps
Corps noun - The body of people in a profession or field of activity.
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Synonyms for Corps
Formations and corps are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formations" instead a noun "Corps".
Formations
Corps and formations are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corps" instead a noun "Formations".
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As the units and formations were regularized and ranks were formalized, "general" became now commander of an army corps, while the subformations were commanded by "lesser" generals: army corps by general lieutenant, division by general major and brigade by brigadier general.
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War Is Hell: Corps sized formations wiped out in under 10 minutes by artillery bombardment, mass use of nerve gas, napalm and landmines, aerial bombardment that lasts for weeks.
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Badass Bureaucrat: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars saw a major shift from the professional armies of the ancien régime to mass armies raised by conscription, which also introduced tactics using larger permanent formations like divisions, army corps and massed batteries.
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