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Meaning of gravel cruncher | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.

US, slang

Examples

“They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.”
“Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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