Phalanx
Phalanx noun - Any closely ranked crowd of people.
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Unit and phalanx are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unit" instead a noun "Phalanx".
Nearby Word: phalange
Unit
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The Arm's Phalanx flak unit was formerly one of these due to a Good Bad Bug, but its rate of fire was slowed in a patch.
Source: Video Game / Total Annihilation -
Bonus points if they brainlessly charge cavalry into a phalanx unit, especially if it's light cav.
Source: Video Game / Rome: Total War -
And spearmen are the basic "trained" unit (not the drafted peasants) of almost every faction in the game - Tribal Spearmen for the "barbarians", Town Militia Spearmen for the "civilized" and Militia Phalanx Pikemen for the various greek factions.
Source: Blade on a Stick
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