Detachments
Units and detachments are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Units" instead a noun "Detachments".
Units
Detachments and units are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detachments" instead a noun "Units".
Both words in one sentence
- Small detachments are attached to infantry units to help them make their assaults and breakthroughs, but most armoured units are used to exploit said breakthroughs with the help of mobile/mechanised forces.
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There are accounts of the secret Arctic war between German meteorological detachments and Allied units sent to hunt them down.
Source: Black Site -
The only units who still maintain proper military discipline are the Marine detachments.
Source: Mildly Military
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Units and Detachments. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detachments/units
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