echelon
noun
1 echelon
Status in a society or organization.
Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Dutch: echelon
2 echelon
A body of troops arranged in a line.
3 echelon
A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset.
Polish: eszelon
Moby thesaurus: battle array, caste, class, close formation, condition, deployment, disposition, file, footing, formation, formation flying, hierarchy, open order, order, order of battle, place, position, power structure, precedence, queue, rank, rate, rating, row, sphere, stage, standing, station, status, string, tier ... show more.
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