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brigade

/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/ verb C2
  1. To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
  2. To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.

He/she/it brigades · Past brigaded · Past participle brigaded · -ing form brigading

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Verb forms

Base form
brigade
He/she/it
brigades
Past
brigaded
Past participle
brigaded
-ing form
brigading

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When the vicarage caught fire he distinguished himself also by the fearlessness with which he reentered the building to save property, after the local fire brigade had given it up as impossible.
The Valley of Fear, p. 23 · C1
I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 1 · B2
“‘The undersigned Louis-Jacques Beaurepaire, lieutenant-colonel of artillery, Étienne Duchampy, general of brigade, and Claude Lecharpal, keeper of woods and forests, declare, that on the 4th of February, a letter arrived from the Island of Elba, recommending to the kindness and the confidence of the Bonapartist Club, General Flavien de Quesnel, who having served the emperor from 1804 to 1814 was supposed to be devoted to the interests of the Napoleon dynasty, notwithstanding the title of baron which Louis XVIII.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 765 · C1

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