general staff

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.

general staff

noun

1. officers assigned to advise commanders in the planning and execution of military operations

Example Sentences

Ukraine's general staff has previously claimed that refineries in Samara and Saratov have been used as part of military logistics operations.

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However, Ukraine's armed forces general staff denied that was the case.

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Israeli media say the office of the chief of the general staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, made clear the army was not obligated to forcibly transfer civilians, as the plan would require.

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Ukraine's general staff puts Russia's casualties at more than 1,000 soldiers a day.

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In the three months before August last year, Russia fired a total of 1,100, according to a report by Ukraine's general staff.

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