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COMMANDO
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Irregular inflected form: commandoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("commando" is a kind of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commando"):
sayeret; Sayeret Mat'kal; Sayeret Matkal (Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions)
SAS; Special Air Service (a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
Synonyms:
commando; ranger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("commando" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
