Section and Troop

Section

Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.

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Troop and section are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troop" instead a noun "Section".

Nearby Words: sectioned, sector, sect, sectioning, sectional

Troop noun - An organized group of stage performers.

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Section and troop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Section" instead a noun "Troop".

Nearby Words: trooper, trooped, troopship, trooping

good	good section	good troop
single	single section	single troop
heavy	heavy section	heavy troop
small	small section	small troop
Other adjectives: entire, main, new, final, military, later, last, different.

And in Asterix the Legionary, the troop Asterix and Obelix signed up in are the rowers (see the Real Life section below).

Source: Slave Galley
The protagonist in the Stephen King short story "Battleground" does this when battling a troop of enchanted plastic army men; it's pretty clearly a Shout-Out to General Anthony McAuliffe, as mentioned below in the Real Life section.

Source: Screw Your Ultimatum!
Cavalry establishments were increased and a special fortress troop section was created so that regular infantry units were free from manning fortresses.

Source: Useful Notes / Russians with Rifles

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