as in garrison
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laager
Noun
-
In Virginia, the storm has produced 4 inches of snow in New Castle, a little more than 2 inches in Reams and nearly 3 at Fort Gregg-Adams, an Army garrison.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
6 Jan. 2025 -
The main garrison building bore the marks of two large explosions, but little sign of close-contact fighting.—
Carlotta Gall,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Read on to find a list of foods in the latter camp that registered dietitians wholeheartedly recommend.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
-
In Mae La camp, Rosella can’t stray far from her oxygen tank.—
Ivan Watson,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The Gothic fortress on West 23rd Street was once home to many of the twentieth century’s beautiful and damned—Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, and Sid Vicious among them.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
-
But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Elsewhere, this could only be a scene of sensory overload, but its eye-of-the-storm geography made the Bowl a kind of redoubt, cool and dark and almost hushed under the purple sky.—
Michael Owen,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
-
Soldiers and marines cleared the Taliban from longtime redoubts and improved security conditions, albeit while sustaining considerable losses.—
Max Boot,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2021
Noun
-
Homes and buildings will thus resemble small forts more than ever before in California.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
-
This patch—corresponding to modern-day Bertie County, less than 100 miles inland from Roanoke Island—was found to conceal a red-and-blue symbol resembling a fort.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
And the cynicism of the reforms was exposed by the regime's unwillingness to extend them to military cantonment areas or to the federal capital.—
Ilhan Niaz,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2012
-
The military has established large cantonments in Tamil areas, treating civilians with a heavy hand.—
William McGowan,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Aug. 2012
Noun
-
His most recent exhibition closed at Peter Freeman Inc.’s New York outpost in January.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Feb. 2025
-
Season 3 of Mike White’s anthology series, which premieres on Sunday, follows a motley crew of vacationers at a Southeast Asian outpost of the titular hotel.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Over the decades, the neighborhood has shape shifted — from an industrial corridor to a Latino stronghold, from gang territory to a flourishing arts district.—
Achy Obejas,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
-
Jenin is known as a militant stronghold, a place that has witnessed little to no peace.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thesaurus Entries Near laager
Cite this Entry
“Laager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laager. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share