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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Special Forces, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forcesnoun

    a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting

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  1. special forces

    Special forces refer to military units that are specially trained to carry out high-risk, strategic missions such as reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, unconventional warfare, and direct action. These forces, also known as special operations forces, typically operate with a high degree of autonomy and flexibility, often behind enemy lines or in challenging environments, applying unconventional tactics and resources.

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  1. Special forces

    Special forces, or special operations forces are military units highly-trained to perform unconventional, often high-risk missions. Special forces, as they would now be recognised, emerged in the early 20th century, with a significant growth in the field during the Second World War.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. special forces

    US Army forces organized, trained, and equipped to conduct special operations with an emphasis on unconventional warfare capabilities. Also called SF.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of special forces in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of special forces in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of special forces in a Sentence

  1. Mohammad Radmanish:

    Fortunately, special forces and commandos are in the city and there is no danger of it falling.

  2. Gen John E. Wissler:

    You never hesitated in the joint effort to bring our brothers home, everyone united -- the soldiers hiking through hazardous terrain, the pilots flying in uncertain weather conditions and the Nepalese special forces standing watch over our Marines on a mountainside at night.

  3. President Obama:

    We took the fight to ISIL in both Iraq and Syria, not with American battalions but with local forces backed by our equipment and our advisors and, importantly, our Special Forces, the bottom line is we are breaking the back of ISIL. We’re taking away its safe havens. And we’ve accomplished all this at a cost of $10 billion over two years, which is the same amount that we used to spend in one month at the height of the Iraq War.

  4. Brian McEnroe:

    We are told that Jordan is an important ally in the war on terror, a war which I support, but I encourage our president and our administration to take a hard look at our relationship with an ally who would so callously disrespect the sacrifice made by our boys, uS Special Operations Command extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends and teammates of the three Special Forces Soldiers killed in this tragic incident.

  5. Mark Nutsch:

    My children got a kick out of it, that Chris Hemsworth is portraying me, dad, it’s great. I think Chris did an incredible job trying to portray what a Special Forces commander does.


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  • The translation of "special forces" to Spanish is "fuerzas especiales."Spanish
  • The translation of "special forces" in Japanese is "特殊部隊" (とくしゅぶたい, tokushubutai).Japanese
  • 特种部队Chinese

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