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foxhole

noun as in dugout

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[He tears off the tape] They stole into my foxhole at night and covered my face with Scotch tape.

But what if a soldier had my book in their foxhole: would they curse me or thank me?

Some colleagues viewed him as “calm, friendly, collected, a foxhole type of guy.”

So he would go from foxhole to foxhole and, by any means, would get his men to fight.

Nor is he likely to be found, as Saddam Hussein was, cowering in a covered foxhole.

A grenade had come flying into the foxhole where Dane and Harding had felt reasonably safe.

With morning he was half a mile away, in a foxhole less than sixty yards from the massive outer perimeter of the arena.

The foxhole had two entrances, both well-concealed, and he had rigged elaborate warning devices should the vicinity be approached.

The shower of rock is somewhat reminiscent of Ungava's meteor spray or splintered debris forced down a soldier's foxhole.

And while an officer wouldn't be expected to pitch a tent, he would dig his own foxhole, unless he was well up in grade.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foxhole, such as: cave, cellar, excavation, hollow, and shelter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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