bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
bivouacked
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past participleof bivouac.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bivouac.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bivouacnouna military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
Example Sentences
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Kamil Szymanski, the CEO of G2A Arena where scores of G.I.s have bivouacked, said his company is happy to do its part in difficult times and will “work tirelessly to support the 82nd Airborne Division.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Its ambassador to Kabul has reportedly led convoys to safety, and the first wave of evacuees — including the journalists — bivouacked in Doha.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
Regime forces were bivouacked on the outskirts, and locals were afraid to talk.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
Kansas volunteers bivouacked in the East Room to protect Abraham Lincoln, and the president tested rifles on the grounds around the house.
From Time ● Aug. 2, 2017
The Romans bivouacked next to the strawberry fields, where they insisted on building their standard field camp.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
