Phalanx
noun
A group of people, animals, or things arranged in a formation, standing or moving together tightly.
The police formed a phalanx to contain the crowd.
Often appears as...
- form a phalanx
- break the phalanx
noun
In anatomy, it's one of the small bones forming the fingers and toes in humans and some other animals.
He broke his phalanx in the accident.
Often appears as...
- fractured phalanx
- proximal phalanx
noun
A tactical formation of infantry used in ancient Greece, rectangular in shape and usually made up of heavily armed soldiers.
The Greek phalanx was a formidable military tactic used in war.
Often appears as...
- fight in phalanx
- greek phalanx
Usage tips
Approving
Historical
noun
A group of people, animals, or things arranged in a formation, standing or moving together tightly.
The police formed a phalanx to contain the crowd.
Often appears as...
- form a phalanx
- break the phalanx
noun
In anatomy, it's one of the small bones forming the fingers and toes in humans and some other animals.
He broke his phalanx in the accident.
Often appears as...
- fractured phalanx
- proximal phalanx
noun
A tactical formation of infantry used in ancient Greece, rectangular in shape and usually made up of heavily armed soldiers.
The Greek phalanx was a formidable military tactic used in war.
Often appears as...
- fight in phalanx
- greek phalanx
Usage tips
Approving
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unity of Movement
It emphasizes coordinated action, often representing solidarity or discipline.
Protesters marched in a phalanx, undeterred by the barriers.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
It's sometimes used figuratively to describe an organized approach to a challenge.
The developers stood in a phalanx against software bugs.
Pro Tip 3/3Impenetrability
The word suggests a group so closely formed that it's hard to break through.
The security guards formed an impenetrable phalanx at the entrance.
Pro Tip 1/3Unity of Movement
It emphasizes coordinated action, often representing solidarity or discipline.
Protesters marched in a phalanx, undeterred by the barriers.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
It's sometimes used figuratively to describe an organized approach to a challenge.
The developers stood in a phalanx against software bugs.
Pro Tip 3/3Impenetrability
The word suggests a group so closely formed that it's hard to break through.
The security guards formed an impenetrable phalanx at the entrance.
Pro Tip 1/3Unity of Movement
It emphasizes coordinated action, often representing solidarity or discipline.
Protesters marched in a phalanx, undeterred by the barriers.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
It's sometimes used figuratively to describe an organized approach to a challenge.
The developers stood in a phalanx against software bugs.
Pro Tip 3/3Impenetrability
The word suggests a group so closely formed that it's hard to break through.
The security guards formed an impenetrable phalanx at the entrance.
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
weren't relaxed they wouldn't have come as close to us as they did and if they weren't relaxed the babies would disappear you wouldn't really notice the that the communication happened but you'd see the babies disappear in amongst the hood and they would form sort of like a phalanx around them with the bigger females protecting them and
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George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
A vampire state is the government -- -- which has been hijacked by a phalanx of bandits and crooks who use the instruments of state power to enrich themselves, their cronies, and tribesmen and exclude everybody else.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
weren't relaxed they wouldn't have come as close to us as they did and if they weren't relaxed the babies would disappear you wouldn't really notice the that the communication happened but you'd see the babies disappear in amongst the hood and they would form sort of like a phalanx around them with the bigger females protecting them and
Video examples
George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
A vampire state is the government -- -- which has been hijacked by a phalanx of bandits and crooks who use the instruments of state power to enrich themselves, their cronies, and tribesmen and exclude everybody else.
Example 1 of 2
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Joel Salatin
American Author
From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
Leaders today are isolated by phalanxes of body guards. It's profoundly undemocratic, the way they have used terrorism as a means to protect themselves.
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Thomas Steinbeck
American Writer
My father believed, like Pericles, that a man's genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his ideas.
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Kate Williams
British Historian
Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems.
Quote examples
Robert Harris
British Novelist
Leaders today are isolated by phalanxes of body guards. It's profoundly undemocratic, the way they have used terrorism as a means to protect themselves.
Quote examples
Thomas Steinbeck
American Writer
My father believed, like Pericles, that a man's genius could be easily judged by the number of unenlightened fools set in phalanx against his ideas.
Quote examples
Kate Williams
British Historian
Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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