ADJ
- great, huge, large, mighty, powerful
- small
- professional, regular, standing
- reserve
- conscript
- volunteer
- disciplined
- modern
- allied
- enemy
- opposing
- foreign
- national
- private
- guerrilla
- rebel
- advancing, invading, occupying, victorious
- defeated, retreating
VERB + ARMY
- have
- go into, join
- After leaving school Mike went into the army
- leave
- be in command of, command, lead
- He was in command of the British Army in Egypt. He led the army into battle
- drill, train
- amass, build up, raise, recruit
- The king was unable to raise an army
- equip, supply
- mobilize
- deploy, field
- The French army was deployed in the Western Desert
- concentrate
- crush, decimate, defeat, put to flight, rout
- The army was finally defeated in the autumn
- demobilize, disband
- The emperor was deposed and his army disbanded
ARMY + VERB
- gather
- advance, march
- A huge army marched on London
- camp
- go into action, invade
- attack, clash, fight
- The two opposing armies clashed in battle
- occupy
- flee, pull back, retreat, withdraw
ARMY + NOUN
- captain, chief, commander, general, officer
- corps, personnel, unit
- barracks, base, camp, headquarters
- career
- patrol
- greatcoat, uniform
- wife
PREP
- in the ~
- Her husband is in the army
ADJ
- vast
- a vast army of personnel
- small
- a small army of volunteers
- growing, increasing
- reserve
PREP
- of
- He argued that unemployment created a useful reserve army of labour