gravel cruncher

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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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See also

gravel cycling Gravel Gertie gravel nest gravel pit gravel road gravel road cop

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