Patrol - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
verb
Extra examples
The guard makes a patrol of the building every hour.
Soldiers are on patrol along the border.
Army patrols combed the area.
The squad had orders to patrol the area.
The border is patrolled by the army.
Armed guards patrolled the grounds.
Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night.
The security forces increased their patrols in the area.
We take in the synchronized swimming of sardines and the pensive patrol of a leopard shark.
The police were prowling the streets in their patrol cars.
...hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night...
The patrol car was rapidly closing on us.
The device was thrown at an army patrol but failed to explode.
Our patrol came under fire from rooftop gunmen.
The patrol car followed the BMW for a few miles and then lost it.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: patrol
he/she/it: patrols
present participle: patrolling
past tense: patrolled
past participle: patrolled
singular: patrol
plural: patrols
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