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View synonyms for command post

command post

noun

  1. Army. the headquarters of the commander of a military unit.
  2. a headquarters of a civilian group or organization dealing with an emergency situation, special event, or the like.


command post

noun

  1. military the position from which a unit commander and his staff exercise command


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Word History and Origins

Origin of command post1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

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Example Sentences

He has been summoned from the command post the NYPD has maintained for a decade just up the street.

Dorner lay low for a few days, in eye-view of the law-enforcement command post.

And one with a view—it was just 100 yards away from a law-enforcement command post that was set up to conduct press conferences.

The first order of business is you have to set up a command post.

On a large-scale map in the military area command post, its progress could be watched as it was reported.

A gong began clanging from the command post on top of the mesa on the mainland.

He muttered something about having to get back to his command post and started out the door.

It had been sent over the wire and the instruments they carried with them and then relayed to the Colonel's command post.

The office was a command post now, with only the slender, unattended telephone wires connecting them with the outside worlds.

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