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nouna member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
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nounan amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territorytype of:
Definition that contains commando
- sas a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- entebbe a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
- sayeret Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
- sayeret mat'kal Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
- sayeret matkal Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
- 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)