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battle station

American  

noun

Military, Navy.
  1. the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.


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“When they said, ‘Man your battle stations,’ my battle station was the throttle,” he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

How many people will ditch Netflix for Bob Iger’s moon-sized battle station of branded content?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2019

It remained his battle station for months to follow.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2019

He got up and ran to his battle station in the turret, which had huge 14-inch guns to fire at enemy ships.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2016

This area was to be the Battalion's battle station for several months to come, and many times were the companies to repeat the journey they had just completed.

From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Roberts, Enos Herbert Glynne

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