Let’s say you needed to finish the following phrase:
“Facing a growing threat, the new government decided to _______ an army.”
Just tell me what word or short expression you would use to fill in that blank.
The way it is written, “create” or “establish” seems to work the best.
I would use “mount” because it is being established in the face of a threat.
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/mount
mount, put on
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; “mount a theater production”; “mount an attack”; “mount a play”
Draft
Raise
massacre.
We’re talking about the opposing army, right?
Raise. You raise an army.
“Mobilize” was the first thing to come to mind.
Raise.
“Muster” came to mind first for me.
Same here.
Import?
Eat.
I thought of “raise” first, then started leaning toward “muster.”
I also would think that “build” works in the situation.
raise
Ditto
The first word that comes to mind is “deploy”
The phrase implies this is a new army.
ie. You mention “an” army, rather than “the” army.
Is this a new one or an existing one. I think that changes the word depending on whether your are raising a new army or deploying an existing one.
The first word I thought of was “recruit.”