Patrol and Unit

Patrol

Patrol noun - The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes.

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Unit and patrol are semantically related. in armed forces topic. In some cases you can use "Unit" instead a noun "Patrol".

Nearby Words: patrolled, patrolling

Unit noun - A single undivided whole.

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Patrol and unit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Patrol" instead a noun "Unit".

Nearby Word: unitary

normal	normal patrol	normal unit
complete	complete patrol	complete unit
regular	regular patrol	regular unit
original	original patrol	original unit
Other adjectives: top, single, small, entire, large, military, larger, titular, last, nearby, soviet, armored, eponymous.

To combat this new threat, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police created a patrol labor unit, the Special Vehicles Unit Second Section.

Source: Anime / Patlabor
Sometimes, the term patrol is also used because the squad is the smallest unit sent to patrol a certain area.

Source: Useful Notes / Common Military Units
Picked up by a German patrol, he is able to pass himself off as a Volksdeutscher (ethnic German) and is taken in by the unit.

Source: Film / Europa Europa

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Unit or Patrol. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/patrol/unit.

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