Antonyms for garrisoning

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gar-uh-suh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgær ə sən

Definition of garrisoning

Origin : c.1300, "store, treasure," from Old French garison "defense" (Modern French guérison "cure, recovery, healing") from garir "defend" (see garret). Meaning "fortified stronghold" is from early 15c.; that of "body of troops in a fortress" is from mid-15c., a sense taken over from Middle English garnison "body of armed men" (late 14c.), from Old French garnison "provision, munitions," from garnir "to furnish, provide."

As in occupy : verb seize, take over
As in station : verb place at a location
As in defend : verb protect
As in fortify : verb make strong and secure; add to

Example sentences :

After garrisoning these places the Earl returned to England.
Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

Is it “keeping (literally, ‘garrisoning as in a citadel’) your heart?”
Extract from : « The Words of Jesus » by John R. Macduff

And with all this drill, Wayne was erecting and garrisoning forts.
Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye

At Utica they assure us that, of 30,000 soldiers then garrisoning it, there survived only ten.
Extract from : « The City of God, Volume I » by Aurelius Augustine

Of these 17,947 must be kept in our coast fortifications, even as a pretense of garrisoning them.
Extract from : « Defenseless America » by Hudson Maxim

There are other serious drawbacks to garrisoning breastwork trenches.
Extract from : « The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 » by Frederick William Bewsher

Orders were received for the Regiment to entrain for Machadodorp for the purpose of garrisoning the railway blockhouses.
Extract from : « The Record of a Regiment of the Line » by M. Jacson

One-half of our diminutive army is absorbed in garrisoning their forts to guard against revolt.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 » by Various

Nothing was wanting to establish her as practical mistress of Manchuria except a plausible excuse for garrisoning the place.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 » by Various

From there on to Bixschoote two French divisions were garrisoning the northern face until they came in touch with the Belgians.
Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie

Synonyms for garrisoning

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